rege

• Rhymes: -eːɣə

rege

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of rijgen

• reeg

From the verb regen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁeːɡə/

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• Hyphenation: re‧ge

rege (strong nominative masculine singular reger, comparative reger, superlative am regesten)

1. brisk, lively

   Synonyms: munter, lebhaft

   Antonyms: müde, matt, schlapp

• angeregt
• anregend

rege

1. form of regen

• “rege” in Duden online
• “rege” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡɛ]
• Hyphenation: re‧ge
• Rhymes: -ɡɛ

rege (plural regék)

1. myth, tale, saga, legend

• regény

• rege in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Derived from Latin rēgis (“king's”, genitive singular noun). Compare Esperanto reĝo (“king”, noun) and Volapük reg (“queen, king”, noun)

rege (plural reges)

1. king (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation)

   Transversava le rege svede le Mar Baltic o non? ― Did the Swedish king cross the Baltic or didn't he?

• Alexander Gode (1951) Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL
• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1971) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, 2nd edition, →ISBN

Learned borrowing from Latin rēgem, from Proto-Italic *rēks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler”, “king”). Doublet of re, which was inherited from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.d͡ʒe/
• Homophone: regie (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒe
• Hyphenation: rè‧ge

rege m (plural regi) (poetic)

1. (obsolete, poetic) king

   Synonym: re

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIV, page 215, lines 94–96:

     «In mezzo al mar siede un paese guasto», ¶ diss'elli allora, «che s'appella Creta, ¶ sotto 'l cui rege fu già 'l mondo casto. [...]»

     "In the mid-sea there sits a wasted land," he then said, "whose name is Crete, under whose king the world of old was chaste."

   • 2015, Daniele Luttazzi, Bloom: Porno-Teo-Kolossal, 1st edition (satirical parody; paperback), Il Fatto Quotidiano, A, page 7:

     Un uom dal multiforme ingegno vive, del mondo esperto, e delli vizi umani e del valore, rege d'Itaca pietrosa

     A man of multiform ingenuity lives, experienced of the world, and of human vices and virtue, king of rocky Ithaca.

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

• egre, erge

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.ɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒe]

rēge m

1. ablative singular of rēx

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ.ɡɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒe]

rege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of regō

• gere

rege

1. mud

• reggae

From English reggae.

• IPA^(key): /reɡe/
• Rhymes: -ɡe, -e
• Hyphenation: ré‧gé

régé (Jawi spelling ريݢي, plural rege-rege)

1. (music, dance) A type of music or dance that originated from the West Indies; reggae.

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

rege

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

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx (19th century). Doublet of rigă.

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒe/
• Hyphenation: re‧ge

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rege m (plural regi, feminine equivalent regină)

1. king
2. (chess) king

• împărat

Borrowed from English reggae, from Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”).

• IPA^(key): /ɾé.ɡè/

régè

1. (music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)