reître

French

Alternative forms

  • reitre (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reiter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛtʁ/
  • (Meridional) IPA(key): [ˈʁɛː.tʁ̥ɐ]
    • Audio (Toulouse):(file)
  • (Quebec, formal) IPA(key): [ʁɛɪ̯tʀ̥]
    • Audio (Quebec, Saguenay, formal):(file)
  • (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): [ʁaɪ̯tʁ̥]

Noun

reître m (plural reîtres)

  1. (historical) reiter
  2. (now rare) old soldier, leatherneck, roughneck soldier

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