rês

See also: res, Res, rés, res-, re's, and Res.

Portuguese

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish res. Origin contested. From either Latin rēs (“thing, property”) or Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”, also of cattle). While the latter is a perfect semantic match, the front vowel of the Romance form speaks against Arabic origin because dialects generally maintain a back -a- in this word (compare Maltese ras, not *ries).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -es

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe(j)s/ [ˈhe(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe(j)s/ [ˈhe(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe(j)ʃ/ [ˈχe(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʃ/

Noun

rês f (plural reses)

1. neat (food animal)