# reine
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

reine
* inflection of rein:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French reïne, reyne, royne, from Latin rēgīna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɛn/, /ʁɛːn/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Homophones: raine, raines, reines, rêne, rênes (general), renne, rennes, Rennes (may be short in length-distinguishing accents)

### Noun

reine f (plural reines, masculine roi)
* queen (a female monarch)
** 1959, Jacques Brel, Ne me quitte pas:Je ferai un domaine où l’amour sera roi, où l’amour sera loi, où tu seras reineI will create a realm where love will be king, where love will be law, where you will be queen
* queen (a reproductive female animal in a hive)

#### Derived terms

* bouchée à la reine
* reine des animaux
* reine mère

### Further reading

* “reine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* Irène, renie, renié

## Galician
### Verb

reine
* inflection of reinar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

reine
* inflection of rein:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch reini, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreinə/

### Adjective

reine
* clean, pure, untainted
* noble, pure of heart
* free of sin
* of excellent quality

#### Alternative forms

* rêne

#### Derived terms

* reinen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: rein
** Afrikaans: rein
** Negerhollands: rein
* Limburgish: rein

### Adverb

reine
* neatly, properly, according to custom
* cleanly, completely

#### Alternative forms

* rêne

### Further reading

* “reine (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “reine (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reine (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reine (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

## Middle English
### Noun

reine
* Alternative form of reyn (“rain”)

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* ranne (continental Normandy)
* royne (Guernsey)

### Etymology

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.

### Noun

reine f (plural reines)
* (Jersey) queen

#### Coordinate terms

* rouai

#### Derived terms

* barbe d'la reine (“love-in-a-mist”, literally “queen's beard”)
* Dgieu sauve la Reine (“God Save the Queen”)
* faithe la reine (“to put on airs”)
* hèrbe à la reine (“petty spurge”)
* reine méthe (“queen mother”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Adjective

reine
* definite singular of rein
* plural of rein

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Adjective

reine
* definite singular of rein
* plural of rein

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁej.ni/ [ˈheɪ̯.ni]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁej.ni/ [ˈheɪ̯.ni]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁej.ni/ [ˈχeɪ̯.ni]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁej.ne/ [ˈheɪ̯.ne]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɐj.nɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɐj.nɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁej.nɨ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁej.nɨ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁe.nɨ/
* Hyphenation: rei‧ne

### Verb

reine
* inflection of reinar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

reine
* inflection of reinar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative