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rede

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish ráidid (“to speak, say, tell”). Doublet of rada.

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Noun

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rede (uncountable) (archaic)

  1. Help, advice, counsel.
  2. Decision, a plan.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Cognate with German raten, Low German raden, Dutch raden. More at read.

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rede (third-person singular simple present redes, present participle reding, simple past and past participle red or redd) (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal)

  1. To govern, protect.
  2. To discuss, deliberate.
  3. To advise.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV (in Middle English):
      The meane whyle his squyer founde wryten vpon the crosse that Bagdemagus shold neuer retorne vnto the Courte ageyne / tyll he had wonne a knyȝtes body of the round table body for body / lo syr said his squyer / here I fynde wrytyng of yow / therfor I rede yow retorne ageyne to the Courte / that shalle I neuer said Bagdemagus
      Meanwhile, his squire found written upon the cross that Bagdemagus should never again return to the court / till he had won a knight's body of the round table, body for body. / “Lo sir,” said his squire, / “here I find writing about you; / therefore I rede you return again to the court.” / “That I never shall,” said Bagdemagus.
  4. To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.
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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German reden, from Old High German redōn, rediōn, from reda, redia, radia (“speech, talking”), from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ, *raþjō (“accountability, speech”). Cognate with German reden.

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rede (third-person singular simple present redt, past participle gredt, auxiliary haa)

  1. to speak, talk
    • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      I cha nit rede. Es drückt mer der Atem ab.
      I cannot speak. It takes my breath away.

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hreiðr.

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rede c (singular definite reden, plural indefinite reder)

  1. nest (bird-built structure)
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Declension of rede
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rede reden reder rederne
genitive redes redens reders redernes

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German rēde, Middle Low German: gerēde, from Old Saxon *girēdi, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaz, *garaidijaz, cognate with English ready, Norwegian grei, Icelandic reiður.

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rede

  1. ready
  2. prepared

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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse reiða, from Proto-Germanic *raidijaną (“to arange”), derived from *raidaz, see above.

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  • IPA(key): /reːˀ/, [ˈʁæˀ]

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rede (past tense redte, past participle redt)

  1. to comb (to groom the hair with a toothed implement)
  2. to make (a bed)
  3. (obsolete) to prepare
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Inflection of rede
present past
simple reder redte
perfect har redt havde redt
passive redes redtes
participle redende redt
imperative red —
infinitive rede —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund reden —
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Etymology 4

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From Old Norse reiða, related to the previous word.

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rede (indeclinable)

  1. insight, clarification
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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch rēde, from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ (“reasoning, account”).

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rede f (plural redes or reden, diminutive redetje n)

  1. reason (as a concept)
  2. address, discourse, speech
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch rêde. Cognate with Middle Low German rêde, reide (whence German Reede). Further derivation uncertain: Either from Proto-West Germanic *raidu (whence also English road) or derived from Middle Dutch reed (“ready”), modern gereed, bereid. In both cases ultimately related with rijden (“to ride”).

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rede f (plural reden or redens, diminutive redetje n)

  1. a place to anchor, anchorage
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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rede

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of rijden
  2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of reden

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Galician

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Redes

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rede (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēte.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrede/ [ˈre.ð̞ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ede
  • Hyphenation: re‧de

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rede f (plural redes)

  1. net (mesh of strings)
  2. fishing net (mesh of strings used to trap fish)
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 208:
      Homes sandios et jente louqua, nõ deuedes a chamar Santiago caualeiro mais pescador que leixou o barquo et as redes ẽno mar de Galilea et foyse cõ Nostro Señor, et el fezoo pescador dos homes porque por la sua preegaçõ gaanou moytas almas para el.
      Ignorant men and fool people, you shouldn't call Saint James knight but fisherman, because he left his ship and the nets in the sea of Galilee and went away with Our Lord, and He made him a fisherman of men, because through his preaching he gained many souls for Him
  3. network (an interconnected group or system)
  4. (Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)
  5. business chain (businesses with the same brand name)
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Verb

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rede

  1. inflection of redar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

German

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rede

  1. inflection of reden:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɛde
  • Hyphenation: rè‧de

Etymology 1

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Clipping of erede.

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rede m or f by sense (plural redi)

  1. (obsolete) Aphetic form of erede

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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rede f pl

  1. plural of reda

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English rēada, from Proto-West Germanic *raudō.

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rede

  1. (hapax) abomasum
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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rede

  1. Alternative form of red (“counsel”)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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rede

  1. Alternative form of red (“reed”)

Etymology 4

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Adjective

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rede

  1. Alternative form of red (“red”)

Etymology 5

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Adjective

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rede

  1. Alternative form of rade

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Verb

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rede

  1. Alternative form of reden
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 709:
      Wel coude he rede a lessoun or a storie, [...]
      He well knew how to read a lesson or a story, [...]
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3070-3072:
      ‘And, er that we departen from this place,
      I rede that we make, of sorwes two,
      O parfyt Ioye, lasting ever-mo;’       [...]
      ‘And before we depart from this place,
      I advise that we make, of two sorrows,
      One perfect joy, lasting evermore;’ [...]

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German rede.

Adjective

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rede (indeclinable)

  1. ready
  2. prepared

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse hreiðr.

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Noun

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rede n (definite singular redet, indefinite plural reder, definite plural reda or redene)

  1. a nest (e.g. bird's nest)

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse reiða.

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rede (imperative red, present tense reder, passive redes, simple past and past participle reda or redet, present participle redende)

  1. to ascertain
  2. to clarify

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese rede, from Latin rēte.

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rede f (plural redes)

  1. net (mesh of strings)
    1. (fishing) Short for rede de pesca (“fishing net”).
    2. (sports) net (mesh behind the goal frame)
    3. hairnet (netting worn over one's hair)
  2. (figurative) sieve (something that catches and filters everything)
  3. (figurative) web; net; a trap
    Synonyms: cilada, armadilha, ardil
  4. hammock (suspended bed or couch made of cloth or netting)
    Synonyms: rede de dormir, rede de descanso
  5. network (an interconnected group or system)
    1. (business) chain (businesses with the same brand name)
    2. (broadcasting) network (group of affiliated television stations)
    3. (networking) (computers and other devices connected together to share information)
    4. (Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)
      Synonyms: Internet, Web, Net
    5. an infrastructural system
      Synonym: sistema
      A rede de esgotos. ― The sewer system.
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Etymology 2

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rede

  1. inflection of redar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

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rede (Cyrillic spelling реде)

  1. vocative singular of red

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hreiðr.

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rede n

  1. A bird's nest.

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Declension of rede
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rede redes
definite redet redets
plural indefinite reden redens
definite redena redenas

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