French

Suffix

-re

1. One of the three main verb endings, along with -er and -ir.

Usage notes

• Technically, -re is not a suffix or even a verb ending proper, as it is always part of a wider pattern in -dre, -ttre, -ire etc., and is only used as such for its practical aspect, as it groups verbs of very different conjugations, and several verbs of the third group do not end in -re.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛ]

Suffix

-re

1. (case suffix) onto, on. Used to form the sublative case.

   szőnyeg ‎(“carpet”) → tedd a szőnyegre - put it on the carpet

Declension

Usage notes

• (case suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -ra is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.

  pad ‎(“bench”) → Leültem egy padra. - I sat down on a bench.

  alma ‎(“apple”) → Allergiás vagyok az almára. - I am allergic to apples.

  -re is added to front vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.

  szék ‎(“chair”) → Leültem egy székre. - I sat down on a chair.

  béke ‎(“peace”) → Mindenki békére vágyik. - Everyone longs for peace.

See also

• Category:Hungarian words taking -ra/-re
• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Romanian

Etymology

From the Latin infinitive endings (-are, -ere, -ire). Used in Romanian with a verb to form the "long infinitive", which is a verbal noun. See also the short infinitive forms of Romanian verbs, -a, -ea, -e, and -i.

Suffix

-re f ‎(plural -ri)

1. Attached to the ends of verb infinitives to form nouns, meaning the action or result of; -ing, -ation

   traducere - translating, translation (the action or result of translation)

   conjugare - conjugating, conjugation (the action or result of conjugation)

   vorbire - speech, speaking (the action or result of speech)

   avere - wealth, riches (the result of having)

Declension

Usage notes

Most verb infinitives simply add -re, but second conjugation verbs (those ending in -ea) drop the a before adding the suffix.

Type 1

cânta becomes cântare

lucra becomes lucrare

Type 2

plăcea becomes plăcere

vedea becomes vedere

Type 3

cere becomes cerere

fute becomes futere

Type 4

vorbi becomes vorbire

iubi becomes iubire

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -ri, from Proto-Germanic *-izô.

Suffix

-re

1. Forms the comparative degree of a few adjectives, most of which change their stem vowel (umlaut) when this happens.

   lång (long), längre (longer)

   ung (young), yngre (younger)

See also

• -are