reine

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See also: Reine, reiné, reìne, and reïne

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reine

  1. inflection of rein:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French reïne, reyne, royne, from Latin rēgīna.

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Noun

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reine f (plural reines, masculine roi)

  1. queen (a female monarch)
    • 1959, Jacques Brel, Ne me quitte pas:
      Je ferai un domaine où l’amour sera roi, où l’amour sera loi, où tu seras reine
      I will create a realm where love will be king, where love will be law, where you will be queen
  2. queen (a reproductive female animal in a hive)

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Galician

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Verb

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reine

  1. inflection of reinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

German

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reine

  1. inflection of rein:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch reini, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

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Adjective

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reine

  1. clean, pure, untainted
  2. noble, pure of heart
  3. free of sin
  4. of excellent quality

Inflection

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Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite reine reine reine reine
Definite reine reine
Accusative Indefinite reinen reine reine reine
Definite reine
Genitive Indefinite reines reinere reines reinere
Definite reines, reinen reines, reinen
Dative reinen reinere reinen reinen

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: rein
    • Afrikaans: rein
    • Negerhollands: rein
  • Limburgish: rein

Adverb

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reine

  1. neatly, properly, according to custom
  2. cleanly, completely

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Middle English

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Noun

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reine

  1. Alternative form of reyn (rain)

Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.

Noun

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reine f (plural reines)

  1. (Jersey) queen

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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reine

  1. definite singular of rein
  2. plural of rein

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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reine

  1. definite singular of rein
  2. plural of rein

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: rei‧ne

Verb

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reine

  1. inflection of reinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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reine

  1. inflection of reinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative