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reys

/ɹeɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
reys
IPA
/ɹeɪs/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A journey or a military expedition.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English reys (“a journey; military expedition”), from Proto-West Germanic *raisu. Cognate with Danish rejse (“journey, trip, travel”), Dutch reis (“journey, trip, travel”), German Reise (“journey, travel”), Low German Reis (“journey, travel”) North Frisian reyse (“travel, expedition”), Norwegian reise (“trip, journey”), Swedish resa (“trip, journey”). See also reyse.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: reys, *raisu

Usage

Inflected Forms

reyses (plural)

Homonyms

race

Rhymes With

place case face space race red in the face base white space replace grace chase pace

Questions

How do you pronounce reys?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹeɪs/.
What does reys mean?
A journey or a military expedition.
Where does reys come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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