rere

See also: rërë

English

Pronunciation

• (Hiberno-English) IPA^(key): /ɾiːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

rere (plural reres)

1. Archaic spelling of rear (all meanings).
2. (Ireland, law, specifically) back portion or area behind (a building, etc.)

Quotations

• 1678 "In the rere of them fall others of the city trumpets; after them two gentlemen bearing the banners of the city and the Lord Mayor; twelve gentlemen ushers appointed as aforesaid follow them, and after them the court of assistants put a period to that division. In the rere of them falls the serjeant trumpet, after him sixteen other of the king's trumpets and kettle-drums; ..." The Triumphs of London (Reprinted 1869 in Some account of the Worshipful company of grocers of the city of London, by John Benjamin Heath)
• 1784 "So out we sallied, the corporal lending his master his arm, and bringing up the rere, to the abby of Saint Grmain [sic]" Tristram Shandy Vol.3, p.44, Lawrence Sterne
• 1855 "It begins by setting out all the tenants' names; the frontage, the depth, and the reres of the several plots." Archdeacon Hewitson's Endowment For A Protestant School At Swords, Endowed Schools, Ireland, Commission, minutes of evidence, Vol. II in Parliamentary papers, Volume 22, Part 3, p.33
• 1922 "He trod the worn steps, pushed the swingdoor and entered softly by the rere." Ulysses, Chapter V James Joyce
• 1986 "the arcade at the rere of the General Post Office" Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission Act, 1986: First Schedule
• 1995 "the unnamed laneway to the rere of Nos. 1-8 Merview" S.I. No. 248/1995 — Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) (Cobh) Order, 1995; Schedule, Part II, Harbour Row Area
• 1996 "First Floor/Rere Room: Doors, door cases, chimney piece, decorative plaster ceiling." Written Answers. - Departmental Buildings Dáil Éireann - Volume 463 - 26 March, 1996
• 2009 "permission sought for proposed (1) garage conversion and first floor extension to side, (2) single storey extension to rere, and (3) alterations to front single-storey element and wider vehicular entrance at [address]" Malahide planning notices Fingal Independent, 18 November 2009

Derived terms

• reredos

See also

• reredorter
• rere-supper

References

• rere at Wordnik

Anagrams

• REER, erer

Catalan

Alternative forms

• rera

Etymology

Inherited from Latin retrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈre.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈre.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eɾe

Adverb

rere

1. behind, at the back

   Synonym: darrere

Derived terms

• enrere

Preposition

rere

1. behind, at the back of
2. after (behind in place)
3. after, by

   any rere any ― year by year

Synonyms

• darrere

References

• “rere” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rere”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rere” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rere” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

rēre

1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of reor

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hrēr, from hrēran (see reren (“to rile”)).

Alternative forms

• hrere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːr(ə)/

Adjective

rere

2. Referring to eggs: underdone, undercooked; soft-boiled
3. (rare) Referring to sins: unconfessed

Descendants

• English: rear, rare (of meat)
• ⇒ Yola: raree

References

• “rẹ̄re, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman rere, from Latin retro.

Alternative forms

• reere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)/

Adjective

rere

2. (rare outside of compounds) Succeeding, successive, next, following.
3. (rare) Located at the rear, hind, or back.

Related terms

• rerebrace
• reredos
• rereward

Descendants

• English: rear
• Scots: rear

References

• “rēre, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman rier, rere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)/

Adverb

rere (hapax, Late Middle English)

1. Not at all, neither in front nor behind;
2. Neither sooner nor later?

Descendants

• ⇒ Yola: raree (<*rare)

References

• “rēre, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

Verb

rere

1. Alternative form of reren (“to raise”)

Etymology 5

Noun

rere

1. Alternative form of reren (“to rile”)

Etymology 6

Adjective

rere

1. Alternative form of rare (“thin, airy, rare”)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rere, from Latin rādere.

Verb

rere

1. to shave

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin retrō.

Adjective

rere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rere)

1. late
2. after; later on

Adverb

rere

1. behind

   Constaunce […] lui vient rere au doos et le trebucha en la mere.

   Constance […] came behind his back and knocked him into the sea

Derived terms

• rereguarde

Etymology 2

From Latin rādere.

Alternative forms

• raer, raire, reire

Verb

rere

1. to shave
   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Se fist par mi la barbe rere

     He shaved his beard

2. to scrape off, raze
3. to erase

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of rere (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		rere			avoir res
gerund		en reant, raant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		reant, raant
past participle		res
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	re	rez	ret	reons, raons	reez, raez	reent
	imperfect	reoie, reeie, raoie, raeie	reoies, reeies, raoies, raeies	reoit, reeit, raoit, raeit	reïiens, reïens, raïiens, raïens	reïiez, reïez, raïiez, raïez	reoient, reeient, raoient, raeient
	preterite	res	reṣis	rest	reṣimes	reṣistes	resdrent
	future	rerai	reras	rera	rerons	reroiz, rereiz, rerez	reront
	conditional	reroie, rereie	reroies, rereies	reroit, rereit	reriiens, reriens	reriiez, reriez	reroient, rereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	ree	rees	ree	reons, raons	reez, raez	reent
	imperfect	reṣisse	reṣisses	reṣist	reṣissons, reṣissiens	reṣissoiz, reṣissez, reṣissiez	reṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	re	—	reons, raons	reez, raez	—

Related terms

• res
• raser

Descendants

• Middle French: rere

References

rere on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Rapa Nui

Verb

rere

1. fly