# rets
## English
### Verb

rets
* third-person singular simple present indicative of ret

### Anagrams

* 'rest, -estr-, -ster, ERTs, REST, Rest., SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rest, rest., tres

## Catalan
### Verb

rets
* second-person singular present indicative of retre

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʁad̥s], [ˈʁɑd̥s]
* Homophone: rats

### Noun

rets c
* indefinite genitive singular of ret

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French reiz, rez, rei (with spelling re-Latinized in modern French), from Latin rēte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rets m pl (plural only)
* (hunting, figurative) snare
* (fishing) net

#### Derived terms

* réseau

### Further reading

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

## Latvian
### Alternative forms

* (dialectal form) rēds

### Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *retas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“loose, sparse, rare; to break down, to fall to pieces”) (whence also irt (“to disintegrate, to fall apart”), q.v.) with an extra suffix -to-s. A parallel form from the same stem with a suffix -dʰ (*redʰ-) led to Old Church Slavonic рѣдъкъ (rědŭkŭ), Russian редкий (redkij), and to Latvian dialectal rēds. Cognates include Lithuanian rẽtas

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɾæts]
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### Adjective

rets (definite retais, comparative retāks, superlative visretākais, adverb reti)
* thin, sparse (formed of a number of similar elements placed at a relatively large distance from one another)
    rets priedulājs ― thin, sparse pine forest
    mežs bija pietiekami rets ― the forest was rather thin, sparse
    reti mati ― thin hair
    reta ķemme ― wide-tooth(ed) (lit. thin, sparse) comb
* sparse (not close to one another)
    grābeklis ar retiem zariem ― rake with rare, sparse prongs
    reti koki ― sparse trees
* (of fabric, cloth) thin (with gaps, spaces between the threads)
    reta auduma maisiņš ― little sack of thin cloth (= having gaps)
* (of gazes, fog, air, etc.) thin (not concentrated)
    rets kalnu gaiss ― thin mountain air
    migla kļuva retāka un caurspīdīgāka ― the mist became thinner and more transparent
* (of groups of people) thin (having few members)
    viņu rindas bija kļuvušas retākas ― their lines, ranks had become thinner
* rare (of which there is only a small number)
    reti augi ― rare plants
    retie ķīmiskie elementi, metāli ― rare chemical elements, metals
    retas rokrakstu grāmatas ― rare manuscript books
* rare, infrequent, uncommon (not widely known, distributed, used)
    rets vārdu savienojums ― rare, uncommon word combination
    rets izteiciens ― rare expression
    reta tautasdziesmas melodija ― rare folk tune
* rare, uncommon (not normal, not ordinary)
    Ubāns ir viens no tiem retajiem māksliniekiem, kurš spēj atklāt skatītājam savu pasauli ― Ubāns is one of those rare artists who are able to open their world to the viewer
* (definite forms) rare one(s) (only a few, not many)
    viņa piederēja pie tiem retajiem, kas prot klausīties ― she belonged to (those) rare (people) who know how to listen
    mums varoņu daudz... vien retajam uzcelts piemineklis ― we have many heroes... only to a rare one (= a few) a monument is built
* rare, infrequent (repeated only after long intervals)
    pa retam ― rarely
    rets gadījums ― rare case
    retajos brīvajos vakaros māte mums lasīja ― in the rare free evenings mother used to read to us
* rare (which appears, happens infrequently)
    reti viesi ― rare guests
    labs draugs ir reta manta pasaulē ― a good friend is a rare treasure on earth

#### Synonyms

* (of "thin", "sparse"): plāns

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “of "thin", "sparse", "not dense", "with gaps or spaces"”): blīvs, biezs
* (antonym(s) of “of "rare"”): biežs

#### Derived terms

* retums

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rets”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Old Prussian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *retas, *redas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁réh₁ (“rare, sparse”). Cognate with Latvian rets (“rare”), rēds (dialectal), Lithuanian retas, Proto-Slavic *rědъkъ (“rare, thin”).

### Adjective

rets m
* rare, thin