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re-

/ɹiː/
/ɹɪ/
/ɹə/

Where it comes from

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-.

prefix

morpheme again, anew re- + new → renew (“to make something new again”)
Similar: ana-, palin-
morpheme a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: )
morpheme back, backward reject, reply, resist
Similar: with-

Translations

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prefix again

Español	re-
한국어	재 jae, 재- jae-
日本語	再- sai-, -直す -naosu, -返す -kaesu
中文	重- -chóng, 再- zài-
हिन्दी	पुनर्- punar-
Português	re-
Français	r-, re-, ré-
Deutsch	re-, wieder-, zurück-
Italiano	re-, ri-
Ελληνικά	ανα- ana-, επανα- epana-, ξανα- xana-
Română	re-
Русский	пере- pere-, воз- voz-, вос- voz-, ре- re-
Tiếng Việt	lại

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"re-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/re-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

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@misc{re_2026,
  title = {re-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/re-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}