Standard Lemma guide

re-

prefix · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɹiː/
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1

prefix

Meaning 1

again, anew

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • re- + new → renew (“to make something new again”)
  • re- + commit → recommit (“to commit an act again”)
  • re- + heat → reheat (“to heat something that has cooled off”)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prefix

Meaning 2

a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: )

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

prefix

Meaning 3

back, backward

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • reject, reply, resist

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), see there for more. Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վերա- (vera-) — again
  • Azerbaijani: yenidən — again
  • Catalan: re- — again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重- (-chóng) — again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 再- (zài-) — again
  • Crimean Tatar: yañıdan — again
  • Czech: pře- — again
  • Czech: znovu- — again
  • Danish: gen- — again
  • Dutch: her- — again
  • Dutch: weer- — again
  • Dutch: weder- — again
  • Esperanto: re- — again
  • Finnish: jälleen- — again
  • Finnish: uudestaan — again
  • French: r- — again
  • French: re- — again
  • French: ré- — again
  • Middle French: re- — again
  • Old French: re- — again
  • Galician: re- — again
  • Georgian: ხელახლა (xelaxla) — again
  • Georgian: განმეორებით (ganmeorebit) — again
  • Georgian: კვლავ (ḳvlav) — again
  • Georgian: რე- (re-) — again
  • German: re- — again
  • German: wieder- — again
  • German: zurück- — again
  • Greek: ανα- (ana-) — again
  • Greek: επανα- (epana-) — again
  • Greek: ξανα- (xana-) — again
  • Hindi: पुनर्- (punar-) — again
  • Hittite: 𒀀𒀊𒉺 (a-ap-pa) — again
  • Hungarian: újra- — again
  • Hungarian: újjá- — again
  • Icelandic: endur- — again
  • Ido: ri- — again
  • Interlingua: re- — again
  • Irish: a- — again
  • Irish: ath- — again
  • Italian: re- — again
  • Italian: ri- — again
  • Japanese: 再- (sai-) — again
  • Japanese: -直す (-naosu) — again
  • Japanese: -返す (-kaesu) — again
  • Khmer: វិញ (vɨñ) — again
  • Korean: 재 (jae) — again
  • Korean: 재- (jae-) — again
  • Northern Kurdish: ve- — again
  • Luwian: 𒀀𒀊𒉺 (a-ap-pa) — again
  • Macedonian: пре- (pre-) — again
  • Malayalam: പുനഃ- (punaḥ-) — again
  • Norman: èr- — again
  • Norman: re- — again
  • Norwegian: gjen- — again
  • Occitan: re- — again
  • Old English: ed- — again
  • Old English: aġēn — again
  • Persian: باز- (bâz-) — again
  • Polish: od- — again
  • Polish: prze- — again
  • Portuguese: re- — again
  • Romanian: re- — again
  • Russian: пере- (pere-) — again
  • Russian: воз- (voz-) — again
  • Russian: вос- (voz-) — again
  • Russian: ре- (re-) — again
  • Sanskrit: पुनः- (punaḥ-) — again
  • Scottish Gaelic: ath- — again
  • Spanish: re- — again
  • Swedish: åter- — again
  • Swedish: re- — again
  • Swedish: om- — again
  • Turkish: yeniden — again
  • Turkish: tekrar — again
  • Ukrainian: пере- (pere-) — again
  • Ukrainian: воз- (voz-) — again
  • Ukrainian: ре- (re-) — again
  • Ukrainian: від- (vid-) — again
  • Vietnamese: lại — again
  • Walloon: ri- — again
  • Walloon: er- — again
  • Walloon: r- — again
  • Welsh: ail- — again
  • Welsh: eil- — again
  • Welsh: ad- — again
  • Welsh: at- — again