reda

See also: Reda, ređa, rēda, rēdā, and rëda

Galician

Verb

reda

1. inflection of redar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English red.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreda/

Adjective

reda

1. red

   Synonym: rubra (archaic) [pre-1907]

Derived terms

• redeskar (“to become red”)
• redigar (“to make red”)

See also

Colors in Ido · kolori (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
reda; karmezina	oranjea; bruna	flava; kremea
limetea	verda
ciana	azurea	blua
violea; indigea	purpurea	rozea

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay reda, from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā, “to be pleased, to be satisfied”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.da/
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: re‧da

Verb

reda

1. synonym of rela

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay reda. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rə.ˈda/
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: rê‧da

Verb

rêda

1. to calm down
2. to quiet down, to abate, to subside
3. to decrease
4. to be almost finished, to be almost over, to be almost vanished

Derived terms

• bereda
• keredaan
• mereda
• meredai
• meredakan
• pereda
• peredaan

Further reading

• “reda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: rè‧da

Etymology 1

From Latin hērēs (accusative hērēdem). Doublet of erede.

Noun

reda f (plural rede)

1. (obsolete) heiress
2. (obsolete, by extension) (female) descendant

Derived terms

• redare

Noun

reda m (plural redi)

1. (obsolete, rare) heir
   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 88–90; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Questi è Rinier; questi è ’l pregio e l’onore
     de la casa da Calboli, ove nullo
     fatto s’è reda poi del suo valore.

     This is Renier; this is the boast and honour/honor of the house of Calboli, where no one since has made himself the heir of his valor.

   • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro decimo [Tenth Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎^[1], published 1991, section Ⅰ:

     Vincislao re di Boemmia morì, del quale non rimase nulla reda maschio

     Wenceslaus, king of Bohemia, died, and he hadn't any male heir left

     (literally, “Wenceslaus king of Bohemia died, of which wasn't left any heir male”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin raeda, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride, go”).

Noun

reda f (plural rede)

1. (Ancient Rome) a type of four-wheeled carriage

Further reading

• “reda¹”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
• “reda²”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• arde, dare, rade

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Etymology 1)
  • IPA^(key): [re.dɔ]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

      (file)

    • Rhymes: -dɔ, -ɔ
• (Etymology 2)
  • (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [rə.də]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

      (file)

    • Rhymes: -də, -ə
  • (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): [rə.da]
    • Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: re‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā, “to be pleased, to be satisfied”). Doublet of rela.

Alternative forms

• (pre-1972 standard, still used widely) redha

Adjective

reda (Jawi spelling رضا, comparative lebih reda, superlative paling reda)

1. Ready with honest intentions to do something.

   Synonyms: rela, sudi

Derived terms

• keredaan
• meredai
• meredakan

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

reda (Jawi spelling ردا)

1. to calm down
2. to quiet down, to abate, to subside
3. to decrease
4. to be almost finished, to be almost over, to be almost vanished

Derived terms

• bereda
• keredaan
• mereda
• meredakan
• peredaan

Descendants

• Indonesian: reda

Further reading

• "reda" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "reda" at PRPM first version)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• redene

Noun

reda n

1. definite plural of rede

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /rɛda/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /rɛda/

Noun

reda f

1. alternative form of rada

Polish

reda

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Syllabification: re‧da
• Homophone: Reda

Noun

reda f (related adjective redowy)

1. (nautical) roadstead (partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbor)

Declension

Declension of reda

	singular	plural
nominative	reda	redy
genitive	redy	red
dative	redzie	redom
accusative	redę	redy
instrumental	redą	redami
locative	redzie	redach
vocative	redo	redy

Further reading

• “reda”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “reda”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• reda in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Verb

reda

1. inflection of redar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

From re- +‎ da, a calque of French redonner.

Verb

a reda (third-person singular present redă, past participle redat, third-person subjunctive redea) 1st conjugation

1. to redeem, restore, return, give back

Conjugation

    conjugation of reda (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a reda
gerund			redând
past participle			redat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	redau	redai	redă	redăm	redați	redau
	imperfect	redam	redai	reda	redam	redați	redau
	simple perfect	redai	redași	redă	redarăm	redarăți	redară
	pluperfect	redasem	redaseși	redase	redaserăm	redaserăți	redaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să redau	să redai	să redea	să redăm	să redați	să redea
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		redă			redați
	negative		nu reda			nu redați

References

• “reda”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

reda (Cyrillic spelling реда)

1. genitive singular of red

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rēþa, from Old Norse reiða.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːˌda/

Adjective

reda

1. (in the expression below) ready

   i reda pengar

   in cash (ready money)

Noun

reda c

1. (in some expressions) a state with things in order, order, orderliness

   Antonym: oreda

   Han försökte bringa reda i röran i garaget

   He tried to sort out the mess in the garage

   göra reda för sig

   to tell what's going on, to give account of one's business (fairly uncommon)

   göra sig reda för något

   to learn what's going on (fairly uncommon)

Usage notes

Order of the kind likely to be maintained by someone who is neat and organized (where the antonym is mess rather than chaos). The more general word for order is ordning.

Declension

Declension of reda

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	reda	redas
	definite	redan	redans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• få reda på
• hålla reda på
• ta reda på

Related terms

• redan
• redo
• redobogen
• redogöra
• redovisa

Verb

reda (present reder, preterite redde, supine rett, imperative red)

1. to make ready, to take care of, prepare

   bra karl reder sig själv

   a good man takes care of himself

2. (cooking, sometimes followed by av) to thicken (a sauce, stew, or the like, with flour or egg yolk)

   Synonym: avreda

   Red såsen med maizena

   Thicken the sauce with cornstarch

Conjugation

Conjugation of reda (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	reda		redas
supine	rett		retts
imperative	red		—
imper. plural1	reden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	reder	redde	reds, redes	reddes
ind. plural1	reda	redde	redas	reddes
subjunctive2	rede	redde	redes	reddes
present participle		redande
past participle		redd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bereda
• förbereda
• ordning och reda
• reda ut
• redare
• redbar
• rederi
• redgarn
• redig
• redlig
• redlös
• redning
• redskap
• tillreda
• utreda

References

• “reda”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “reda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “reda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Reda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)

Anagrams

• edra, read

Welsh

Verb

reda

1. soft mutation of rheda

Mutation

Mutated forms of rheda

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rheda	reda	unchanged	unchanged

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