re-

/ɹiː//ɹɪ//ɹə/

prefix

again, anew

“reject, reply, resist”

Similar
ana-palin-with-
OriginMiddle English re- ← Old French re- ← Latin re- →
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Meanings

prefix
  1. again, anew

    re- + new → renew (“to make something new again”)

    2 more examples

    re- + commit → recommit (“to commit an act again”)

    re- + heat → reheat (“to heat something that has cooled off”)

    Synonyms: ana-, palin-

  2. a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out

    reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: )

  3. back, backward

    reject, reply, resist

    Synonyms: with-

Synonyms & antonyms

prefixagain, anew

Similar
ana-palin-

prefixback, backward

Similar
with-
Also see
againana-retro-

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-

From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), see there for more. Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-.

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Translations

Catalan re-
  • re-again
Chinese Mandarin 重-, 再-
  • 重- (-chóng)again
  • 再- (zài-)again
Czech pře-, znovu-
  • pře-again
  • znovu-again
Danish gen-
  • gen-again
Dutch her-, weer-
  • her-again
  • weer-again
  • weder-again
Esperanto re-
  • re-again
Finnish jälleen-, uudestaan
  • jälleen-again
  • uudestaanagain
French r-, re-
  • r-again
  • re-again
  • ré-again
German re-, wieder-
  • re-again
  • wieder-again
  • zurück-again
Greek ανα-, επανα-
  • ανα- (ana-)again
  • επανα- (epana-)again
  • ξανα- (xana-)again
Hindi पुनर्-
  • पुनर्- (punar-)again
Hungarian újra-, újjá-
  • újra-again
  • újjá-again
Icelandic endur-
  • endur-again
Irish a-, ath-
  • a-again
  • ath-again
Italian re-, ri-
  • re-again
  • ri-again
Japanese 再-, -直す
  • 再- (sai-)again
  • -直す (-naosu)again
  • -返す (-kaesu)again
Korean 재, 재-
  • 재 (jae)again
  • 재- (jae-)again
Norwegian gjen-
  • gjen-again
Persian باز-
  • باز- (bâz-)again
Polish od-, prze-
  • od-again
  • prze-again
Portuguese re-
  • re-again
Romanian re-
  • re-again
Russian пере-, воз-
  • пере- (pere-)again
  • воз- (voz-)again
  • вос- (voz-)again
  • ре- (re-)again
Scottish Gaelic ath-
  • ath-again
Spanish re-
  • re-again
Swedish åter-, re-
  • åter-again
  • re-again
  • om-again
Turkish yeniden, tekrar
  • yenidenagain
  • tekraragain
Ukrainian пере-, воз-
  • пере- (pere-)again
  • воз- (voz-)again
  • ре- (re-)again
  • від- (vid-)again
Vietnamese lại
  • lạiagain
Welsh ail-, eil-
  • ail-again
  • eil-again
  • ad-again
  • at-again
Cite this entry
APA

re-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-

MLA

“re-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-.

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