reître

French

Alternative forms

reitre (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From German Reiter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁɛtʁ/
- Toulouse, France: IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛː.tʁ̥ɐ]
- Saguenay, Canada (formal): IPA^(key): [ʁɛɪ̯tʀ̥]
(Canada) (informal) IPA^(key): [ʁaɪ̯tʁ̥]

Noun

reître m (plural reîtres)

(historical) reiter
(now rare) old soldier, leatherneck, roughneck soldier

Further reading

“reître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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