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"roman": "rē",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "رِي"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"word": "re"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "re"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"word": "re"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ré"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "re",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"word": "ρε"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ré"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "re",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"word": "レ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "re",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"word": "레"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "re",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"word": "ре"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ré"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "re",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ре"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ree",
"sense": "the second note in solfège",
"word": "เร"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Ut queant laxis",
"re"
],
"word": "re"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English heteronyms",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English two-letter words",
"en:E-mail"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "re-"
},
"expansion": "re-",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From re-",
"forms": [
{
"form": "res",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "re (plural res)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "rematch"
}
],
"categories": [
"English clippings",
"English slang",
"en:Video games"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "gg [good game], no re"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of rematch."
],
"links": [
[
"video game",
"video game"
],
[
"rematch",
"rematch#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(video games, slang) Clipping of rematch."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "used in the branding of reinsurance company names",
"word": "reinsurance"
}
],
"categories": [
"English clippings",
"en:Marketing"
],
"glosses": [
"Clipping of reinsurance. (used in the branding of reinsurance company names)"
],
"links": [
[
"marketing",
"marketing#Noun"
],
[
"reinsurance",
"reinsurance#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "branding",
"raw_glosses": [
"(marketing, branding) Clipping of reinsurance. (used in the branding of reinsurance company names)"
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"marketing"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"re"
],
"word": "re"
}
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