Definition re
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”).
Preposition
re
- About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents and emails.
Etymology 2
The first syllable of Latin resonāre (“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.
Noun
re (uncountable)
- (music) a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
Etymology 3
Noun
re (uncountable)
- Reinsurance.