rew

See also: Rew and rew-

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹuː/
• IPA^(key): /ɹɪʊ̯/ (Wales)
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

rew (plural rews)

1. Obsolete or dialectal form of row
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

     So ended shee: and then the next in rew
     Began her mournfull plaint, as doth ensew

   • [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

     a rew of sundry coloured stones

     The spelling has been modernized.

Verb

rew

1. (obsolete or dialectal) simple past of row

Etymology 2

Verb

rew

1. Abbreviation of rewind (“e.g. on tape recorder button”).

Anagrams

• ERW, WER, erw, wer

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-. Cognate with Breton rev and Welsh rhew.

Noun

rew m (plural rewyow)

1. ice, frost

   Synonym: yey

Derived terms

• dehen rew (“ice cream”)
• estyllen rew (“ice shelf”)
• fols rew (“ice wedge”)
• furvel rew (“ice tray”)
• kappa rew (“ice cap”)
• kub rew (“ice cube”)
• lien rew (“ice sheet”)
• menydh rew (“iceberg”)
• morrew (“sea ice”)
• oos an rew (“ice age”)
• rew fast (“permafrost”)
• Rewenys (“Iceland”)
• rewiva (“glacier”)
• rewliv (“glacier”)
• rewys (“icy”)
• skes rew (“ice skate”)

Etymology 2

Noun

rew m (plural rewyow)

1. line, row

Derived terms

• yn rew (“in single file”)
• rew a-rag (“front row”)
• nessa rew (“second row”)

Mapudungun

Noun

rew (Raguileo spelling)

1. wave

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

rew

1. alternative form of rewe (“rue”)

Etymology 2

Noun

rew

1. alternative form of rewe (“rue”)

Etymology 3

Verb

rew

1. (Early Scots) alternative form of rewen

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: rew

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rew f

1. genitive plural of rewa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rew f

1. genitive plural of rwa

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /reːu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /rɛu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɛu̯

Noun

rew m

1. soft mutation of rhew (“frost, ice”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhew

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhew	rew	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Zazaki

Adverb

rew

1. early (at a time before expected)