Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”).
Meanings
About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.
"I know it's been a long haul, but can we please not get complacent re: our annual magic gunk explosion? I can't believe I just typed those words." 2020 July 24, HarryBlank, “SCP-5243”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2024:
da angående (regarding) · pl co do (regarding) · el περί (regarding) · da hvad angår (regarding) · ja は (regarding) · es asunto (regarding) · nl (wat) betreft (regarding) · ar فِي مَا يَخُصّ (regarding) · es con respecto a (regarding) · arz عن (regarding) · es con relación a (regarding) · arz الي يخص (regarding) · de AW (regarding)
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English re (“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian re in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin resonāre (“made to resound”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Meanings
(uncountable) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
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vi rê (the second note in solfège) · pt ré (the second note in solfège) · ar رِي (the second note in solfège) · el ρε (the second note in solfège) · ko 레 (the second note in solfège) · ar رِي (the second note in solfège) · ja レ (the second note in solfège) · mk ре (the second note in solfège) · ru ре (the second note in solfège) · ga ré (the second note in solfège) · da re (the second note in solfège) · fi re (the second note in solfège) · fr ré (the second note in solfège) · hu re (the second note in solfège) · eu re (the second note in solfège) · th เร (the second note in solfège)