re

Other forms of re

plural

res·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about re

What does re mean?

re means "a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in re?

re has 1 syllable: re. In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪ/.

What is another word for re?

Close synonyms include rhenium, atomic number 75, Ra, ray. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is re a common word?

re is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with re?

6 words rhyme with re. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.