English

An astrolabe (made by Georg Hartmann, 1537), with rete (rotating overlay representing the horizon)

Noun

rete ‎(plural retes or retia)

1. (anatomy) A network of blood vessels or nerves.
2. An anatomical part resembling or including a network.
3. A rotating cutaway plate or overlay on an astrolabe or starmap which represents the horizon; used to locate stars and other astronomical features.

Anagrams

• reet, tree

Asturian

Verb

rete

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of retar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of retar

Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish red.

Noun

rete

1. net

Chuukese

Etymology

re- +‎ -te

Pronoun

rete

1. they will never
2. so they do not

Related terms

Dutch

Verb

rete

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of rijten

Guaraní

Noun

rete

1. body

Haitian Creole

Verb

rete

1. stay

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rēte ‎(“net”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrete/, [ˈreː.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: ré‧te

Noun

rete f ‎(plural reti)

1. net
2. network
3. (soccer) goal

Related terms

• retare
• retata
• reticella
• reticolo
• retina

Anagrams

• erte

Latin

Alternative forms

• rētia
• rētium

Etymology

• From a Proto-Indo-European root *(e)r-ĕ-, cognate with Lithuanian rėtis ‎(“sieve”), Latin rarus and other roots with the general meaning "bind, twist."
• or for *srēte, from serō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.te/, [ˈreː.tɛ]

Noun

rēte n ‎(genitive rētis); third declension

1. net, snare
2. (figuratively) trap

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• interrēte
• irrētiō
• rētiarius -- a net-wielding gladiator
• rēticulum -- a network
• rētifex -- net-maker

Descendants

References

• rete in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rete in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RETE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rete”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• rete in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Verb

rete

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of retar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of retar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of retar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of retar.