reda

reda

1. inflection of redar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from English red.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreda/

reda

1. red

   Synonym: rubra (archaic) [pre-1907]

• redeskar (“to become red”)
• redigar (“to make red”)

Colors in Ido · kolori (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
reda; karmezina	oranjea; bruna	flava; kremea
limetea	verda
ciana	azurea	blua
violea; indigea	purpurea	rozea

From Arabic رِضَا (riḍā, “to be pleased, to be satisfied”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.da/
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: re‧da

reda

1. synonym of rela

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /rə.ˈda/
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: rê‧da

rêda

1. to calm down
2. to quiet down, to abate, to subside
3. to decrease
4. to be almost finished, to be almost over, to be almost vanished

• “reda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: rè‧da

From Latin hērēs (accusative hērēdem). Doublet of erede.

reda f (plural rede)

1. (obsolete) heiress
2. (obsolete, by extension) (female) descendant

• redare

reda m (plural redi)

1. (obsolete, rare) heir
   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 88–90; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Questi è Rinier; questi è ’l pregio e l’onore
     de la casa da Calboli, ove nullo
     fatto s’è reda poi del suo valore.

     This is Renier; this is the boast and honour/honor of the house of Calboli, where no one since has made himself the heir of his valor.

   • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro decimo [Tenth Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎^[1], published 1991, section Ⅰ:

     Vincislao re di Boemmia morì, del quale non rimase nulla reda maschio

     Wenceslaus, king of Bohemia, died, and he hadn't any male heir left

     (literally, “Wenceslaus king of Bohemia died, of which wasn't left any heir male”)

Borrowed from Latin raeda, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride, go”).

reda f (plural rede)

1. (Ancient Rome) a type of four-wheeled carriage

• reda¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• reda² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• arde, dare, rade

• (Etymology 1)
  • IPA^(key): [re.dɔ]

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    • Rhymes: -dɔ, -ɔ
• (Etymology 2)
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [rə.də]

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    • Rhymes: -də, -ə
  • (Baku) IPA^(key): [rə.da]
    • Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: re‧da

Borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā, “to be pleased, to be satisfied”). Doublet of rela.

• (pre-1972 standard, still used widely) redha

reda (Jawi spelling رضا)

1. Ready with honest intentions to do something.

   Synonyms: rela, sudi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

reda (Jawi spelling ردا)

1. to calm down
2. to quiet down, to abate, to subside
3. to decrease
4. to be almost finished, to be almost over, to be almost vanished

• Indonesian: reda

• “reda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• redene

reda n

1. definite plural of rede

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /rɛda/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /rɛda/

reda f

1. alternative form of rada

Borrowed from German Reede.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.da/

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• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Syllabification: re‧da
• Homophone: Reda

reda f (related adjective redowy)

1. (nautical) roadstead (partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbor)

• reda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• reda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• reda in PWN's encyclopedia

reda

1. inflection of redar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From re- +‎ da, a calque of French redonner.

a reda (third-person singular present redă, past participle redat, third-person subjunctive redea) 1st conjugation

1. to redeem, restore, return, give back

• “reda”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

reda (Cyrillic spelling реда)

1. genitive singular of red

From Old Swedish rēþa, from Old Norse reiða.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːˌda/

reda

1. (in the expression below) ready

   i reda pengar

   in cash (ready money)

reda c

1. (in some expressions) a state with things in order, order, orderliness

   Antonym: oreda

   Han försökte bringa reda i röran i garaget

   He tried to sort out the mess in the garage

   göra reda för sig

   to tell what's going on, to give account of one's business (fairly uncommon)

   göra sig reda för något

   to learn what's going on (fairly uncommon)

Order of the kind likely to be maintained by someone who is neat and organized (where the antonym is mess rather than chaos). The more general word for order is ordning.

reda (present reder, preterite redde, supine rett, imperative red)

1. to make ready, to take care of, prepare

   bra karl reder sig själv

   a good man takes care of himself

2. (cooking, sometimes followed by av) to thicken (a sauce, stew, or the like, with flour or egg yolk)

   Synonym: avreda

   Red såsen med maizena

   Thicken the sauce with cornstarch

• reda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• reda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• reda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Reda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)

• edra, read