# ret
## Translingual
### Symbol

ret
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Retta.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Retta terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ɹɛt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

From Middle English retten, reten; perhaps from Middle Dutch rēten, reeten (compare Middle Low German rōten; Middle High German rōzen), or from Old Norse reyta (compare Norwegian røyta, Swedish röta); all from Proto-Germanic *rautijaną (“to make mellow or soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewd- (“to tear; rend; rip”). Related to rot.

#### Verb

ret (third-person singular simple present rets, present participle retting, simple past and past participle retted)
* (transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
** 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XLVIII:the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].
** 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 621:the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring

##### Derived terms

* retter

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

#### Adjective

ret
* retired

##### Translations
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ret (plural rets)
* (printing, historical) Short for reiteration.

#### References

* John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

### Anagrams

* ERT, ETR, TER, ert, ter, ter-

## Acehnese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rʌt/
* (Banda Aceh) IPA: [rɛt]

### Noun

ret
* road

### References

* Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈret]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rete (“net”).

#### Noun

ret m (plural rets)
* hairnet

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ret
* inflection of retre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “ret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ret, from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ. Compare Russian рот (rot, “mouth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛt]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Noun

ret m inan (diminutive rtík)
* lip

#### Declension

$^1$Literary.

#### Derived terms

* nárt
* obouretný
* ostroretka
* retozubný
* rtěnka

### Further reading

* “ret”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ret”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “ret”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛt/, [ˈʁad̥], [ˈʁɑd̥]
* Homophone: rat

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, cognate with Swedish rätt, rät, English right, German recht, gerecht. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós, hence Latin rēctus (“straight”), Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós, “stretched out”).

#### Adjective

ret (plural and definite singular attributive rette)
* straight
    en ret linjea straight line
    Synonym: lige
* right, proper
* rightful
    den rette arvingthe rightful heir
    Synonym: retmæssig Antonym: uretmæssig
* (knitting, also used adverbially) plain, knitwise
    Antonym: vrang
    Strik skiftevis tre masker ret og to vrang.
       Alternately, knit three stitches and purl two. (lit.: "knit three stitches knitwise and two purlwise")

#### Adverb

ret
* straight
* rightly, properly
* rather, quite
    Han er ret høj.He is rather tall.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtuz, related to the adjective *rehtaz. The Danish word has been influenced by the German cognates Recht (“right, law”) and Gericht (“court”). The meaning “course of food” is influenced by Middle Low German richte and German Gericht.

#### Noun

ret c (singular definite retten, plural indefinite retter)
* (uncountable) justice, law
    Synonyms: jura, lov, justits
* court, courtroom, lawcourt (institution)
* courtroom (physical location)
** 2016, Louise Damløv, Cecilie Kallestrup, Tre meter fra Breivik: En beretning fra Nordens største terrorretssag, Informations Forlag, →ISBN:Kun omkring halvdelen af de vidner, forsvaret havde indkaldt for at sandsynliggøre, at Breiviks ideologi ikke var galemandssnak, mødte op i retten.Only about half of the witness that the defense had summoned to support that Brevik's ideology was not the talk of a madman appeared in court.
** 2017, Nadine Gordimer, translated by Finn Holten Hansen, Æresgæst, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Retten var fyldt, og ansigter blev ved med at kigge ind ad vinduerne fra en voksende mængde udenfor.The courtroom was full, and faces kept looking in through the windows from a growing crowd outside.
    Synonym: retssal
* (uncountable) right, entitlement
    Alle mennesker har ret til basal respekt.
       All humans have a right to basic respect.
    Synonym: rettighed
* dish, course (of food)
* (uncountable) right side (e.g. of a fabric')

##### Declension
#### References

“ret,1” in Den Danske Ordbog “ret,2” in Den Danske Ordbog “ret,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ret
* imperative of rette

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈrɛt/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈrɛt/

### Noun

ret m inan
* lip
* edge (of a vessel)

#### Descendants

* Czech: ret

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ret”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German rot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛt/
* Rhymes: -ɛt
* Syllabification: ret

### Noun

ret m inan
* (geology) Röt Formation

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ret”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

### Further reading

* ret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English red.

### Adjective

ret
* red

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رد (redd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾɛt/

### Noun

ret (definite accusative reddi, plural retler)
* refusal
* denial

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
ret
retler
definite accusative
reddi
retleri
dative
redde
retlere
locative
rette
retlerde
ablative
retten
retlerden
genitive
reddin
retlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
reddim
retlerim
2nd singular
reddin
retlerin
3rd singular
reddi
retleri
1st plural
reddimiz
retlerimiz
2nd plural
reddiniz
retleriniz
3rd plural
retleri
retleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
reddimi
retlerimi
2nd singular
reddini
retlerini
3rd singular
reddini
retlerini
1st plural
reddimizi
retlerimizi
2nd plural
reddinizi
retlerinizi
3rd plural
retlerini
retlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
reddime
retlerime
2nd singular
reddine
retlerine
3rd singular
reddine
retlerine
1st plural
reddimize
retlerimize
2nd plural
reddinize
retlerinize
3rd plural
retlerine
retlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
reddimde
retlerimde
2nd singular
reddinde
retlerinde
3rd singular
reddinde
retlerinde
1st plural
reddimizde
retlerimizde
2nd plural
reddinizde
retlerinizde
3rd plural
retlerinde
retlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
reddimden
retlerimden
2nd singular
reddinden
retlerinden
3rd singular
reddinden
retlerinden
1st plural
reddimizden
retlerimizden
2nd plural
reddinizden
retlerinizden
3rd plural
retlerinden
retlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
reddimin
retlerimin
2nd singular
reddinin
retlerinin
3rd singular
reddinin
retlerinin
1st plural
reddimizin
retlerimizin
2nd plural
reddinizin
retlerinizin
3rd plural
retlerinin
retlerinin :

#### Derived terms

* reddetmek

## Turkmen
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدّ (radd)

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ret

### Noun

ret (definite accusative reti, plural retler)
* rejection

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “ret” in Enedilim.com
* “ret” in Webonary.org