-re

See also: Appendix:Variations of "re"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ere.

Suffix

-re

1. forms Catalan second conjugation verbs

Conjugation

Variations to the Catalan second conjugation may show up.

Regular conjugation

    Conjugation of -re (second conjugation)

infinitive			-re
gerund			-ent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		-ut		-uda
		plural		-uts		-udes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	-o	-s	-	-em	-eu	-en
	imperfect	-ia	-ies	-ia	-íem	-íeu	-ien
	future	-ré	-ràs	-rà	-rem	-reu	-ran
	preterite	-í	-eres	-é	-érem	-éreu	-eren
	conditional	-ria	-ries	-ria	-ríem	-ríeu	-rien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	-i	-is	-i	-em	-eu	-in
	imperfect	-és	-essis	-és	-éssim	-éssiu	-essin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	-	-i	-em	-eu	-in
	negative (no)	—	no -is	no -i	no -em	no -eu	no -in

The preterite originally had -est for the second person singular and -ès for the plural in older versions of Catalan.

Finnish

Alternative forms

• -r

Etymology

-ra +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-reˣ/, [-re̞(ʔ)]

Suffix

-re

1. Forms nouns, mostly from nominal stems.

Usage notes

Attaches to the strong stem, while the alternative form -r attaches to the weak stem.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -re

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ere, third conjugation infinitive of -ō or -iō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁ/

Suffix

-re

1. one of the three main verb endings, along with -er and -ir

Usage notes

• Technically, -re is not a suffix or even a verb ending proper, as it is always part of a wider pattern in -dre, -ttre, -ire etc., and is only used as such for its practical aspect, as it groups verbs of very different conjugations, and several verbs of the third group do not end in -re.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -re (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	-re
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	-ant /ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		-u /y/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	-s //	-s //	- //	-ons /ɔ̃/	-ez /e/	-ent /ə/
	imperfect	-ais /ɛ/	-ais /ɛ/	-ait /ɛ/	-ions /jɔ̃/	-iez /je/	-aient /ɛ/
	past historic2	-is /i/	-is /i/	-it /i/	-îmes /im/	-îtes /it/	-irent /iʁ/
	future	-rai /ʁe/	-ras /ʁa/	-ra /ʁa/	-rons /ʁɔ̃/	-rez /ʁe/	-ront /ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	-rais /ʁɛ/	-rais /ʁɛ/	-rait /ʁɛ/	-rions /ʁjɔ̃/	-riez /ʁje/	-raient /ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	-e /ə/	-es /ə/	-e /ə/	-ions /jɔ̃/	-iez /je/	-ent /ə/
	imperfect2	-isse /is/	-isses /is/	-ît /i/	-issions /i.sjɔ̃/	-issiez /i.sje/	-issent /is/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	-s //	—	-ons /ɔ̃/	-ez /e/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

• The table above shows the conjugation of verbs ending in -dre (e.g. rendre, vendre, ardre).
• In most verbs ending in -ttre, -tt regularly degeminates to -t before suffixes -s and -∅ (battre — bats, bat, not *batts, *batt).
• In most verbs ending in -ire, -is- are added between verb stem and verb ending starting in vowels (conduire — conduisais, but conduis), and past participle ends in -t, not *-isu.
• There are many exceptions on -re verbs, the most irregular -re verb is the auxiliary verb être. See more at Appendix:French irregular verbs.

Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed	suffix	who?	what?	this	that	he/she (it)*
case							v. pr.	c.
nom.	–	ki	mi	ez	az	ő* / -∅ az / -∅	–	–
acc.	-t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt	kit	mit	ezt	azt	őt* / -∅ azt / -∅	–	c1 c2
dat.	-nak / -nek	kinek	minek	ennek	annak	neki	neki-	c
ins.	-val / -vel	kivel	mivel	ezzel/ evvel	azzal/ avval	vele		c
c-f.	-ért	kiért	miért	ezért	azért	érte	–	c
tra.	-vá / -vé	kivé	mivé	ezzé	azzá	–	–	c
ter.	-ig	–	meddig	eddig	addig	–	–	c
e-f.	-ként	(kiként)	(miként)	ekként	akként	–	–	c
e-m.	-ul / -ül	–	–	–	–	–	–	c
ine.	-ban / -ben	kiben	miben	ebben	abban	benne	–	c
sup.	-n/-on/-en/-ön	kin	min	ezen	azon	rajta	(rajta-)	c
ade.	-nál / -nél	kinél	minél	ennél	annál	nála	–	c
ill.	-ba / -be	kibe	mibe	ebbe	abba	bele	bele-	c
sub.	-ra / -re	kire	mire	erre	arra	rá	rá-	c
all.	-hoz/-hez/-höz	kihez	mihez	ehhez	ahhoz	hozzá	hozzá-	c
el.	-ból / -ből	kiből	miből	ebből	abból	belőle	–	c
del.	-ról / -ről	kiről	miről	erről	arról	róla	–	c
abl.	-tól / -től	kitől	mitől	ettől	attól	tőle	–	c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛ]
• Rhymes: -rɛ

Suffix

-re

1. (sublative case suffix) Front-vowel variant of -ra. See details there.

   szőnyeg (“carpet”) → Tedd a szőnyegre. ― Put it on the carpet.

   perc (“minute, moment”) → egy percre ― for a moment

   kedd (“Tuesday”) → Kész lesz keddre? ― Will it be ready by Tuesday?

Usage notes

• (sublative case suffix) Variants:

  -ra is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.

  pad (“bench”) → Leültem egy padra. ― I sat down on a bench.

  alma (“apple”) → Allergiás vagyok az almára. ― I am allergic to apples.

  -re is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.

  szék (“chair”) → Leültem egy székre. ― I sat down on a chair.

  béke (“peace”) → Mindenki békére vágyik. ― Everyone longs for peace.

   Hungarian case suffixes

Case	Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú	Front vowel
		unrounded e, é, i, í	rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative	—
accusative	-t
	-ot / -at	-et	-öt
dative	-nak	-nek
instrumental	-val	-vel
causal-final	-ért
translative	-vá	-vé
terminative	-ig
essive-formal	-ként
essive-modal	-ul	-ül
inessive	-ban	-ben
superessive	-n
	-on	-en	-ön
adessive	-nál	-nél
illative	-ba	-be
sublative	-ra	-re
allative	-hoz	-hez	-höz
elative	-ból	-ből
delative	-ról	-ről
ablative	-tól	-től
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.     alma — almában, but almaként     zene ― zenében, but zeneként

See also

• rá
• Category:Hungarian terms taking -ra/-re
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Middle English

Noun

-re

1. Alternative form of -erie

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re/

Suffix

-re

1. (Late West Saxon) masculine agent suffix, originally applied only to nouns

   ‎fugol (“fowl, bird”) + ‎-re → ‎fuglre (“fowler”)

Declension

Declension of -re (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	-re	-ras
accusative	-re	-ras
genitive	-res	-ra
dative	-re	-rum

Derived terms

Old English terms suffixed with -re

Descendants

• English: -er

Romanian

Etymology

From the Latin infinitive endings (-are, -ere, -ire). Used in Romanian with a verb to form the "long infinitive", which is a verbal noun. See also the short infinitive forms of Romanian verbs, -a, -ea, -e, and -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re/

Suffix

-re f (plural -ri)

1. Attached to the ends of verb infinitives to form nouns, meaning "the action or result of"; -ing, -ation

   ‎traduce (“to translate”) + ‎-re → ‎traducere - translating, translation (the action or result of translation)

   ‎conjuga (“to conjugate”) + ‎-re → ‎conjugare - conjugating, conjugation (the action or result of conjugation)

   ‎vorbi (“to speak”) + ‎-re → ‎vorbire - speech, speaking (the action or result of speech)

   ‎avea (“to have”) + ‎-re → ‎avere - wealth, riches (the result of having)

Usage notes

Most verb infinitives simply add -re, but second conjugation verbs (those ending in -ea) drop the a before adding the suffix. Verbs in -î change to â in accordance with normal orthographic rules.

Type 1

cânta becomes cântare

lucra becomes lucrare

Type 2

plăcea becomes plăcere

vedea becomes vedere

Type 3

cere becomes cerere

naște becomes naștere

Type 4

vorbi becomes vorbire

urî becomes urâre

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	-re	-rea		-ri	-rile
genitive-dative	-ri	-rii		-ri	-rilor
vocative	-re, -reo			-rilor

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -ri, from Proto-Germanic *-izô.

Suffix

-re

1. Forms the comparative degree of a few adjectives, most of which change their stem vowel (umlaut) when this happens.

   lång (long), längre (longer)

   ung (young), yngre (younger)

See also

• -are

Anagrams

• -er, er, er-