retta

See also: rettâ and rétta

Icelandic

Etymology

A contracted form of sígaretta (“cigarette”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛhta/

  Rhymes: -ɛhta

Noun

retta f (genitive singular rettu, nominative plural rettur)

1. (colloquial) cigarette

Declension

Declension of retta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	retta	rettan	rettur	retturnar
accusative	rettu	rettuna	rettur	retturnar
dative	rettu	rettunni	rettum	rettunum
genitive	rettu	rettunnar	retta	rettanna

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛtta
• Hyphenation: rèt‧ta

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of linea retta.

Noun

retta f (plural rette)

1. straight line

Etymology 2

Possibly from the feminine form of retto (“right, just, fair”) (as in a fair agreed-upon sum of money).

Noun

retta f (plural rette)

1. fee

Etymology 3

Participle

retta f sg

1. feminine singular of retto

Anagrams

• tetra, tetra-

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rettet

Verb

retta

1. inflection of rette:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

retta (present tense rettar, past tense retta, past participle retta, passive infinitive rettast, present participle rettande, imperative retta/rett)

1. Alternative form of rette

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

retta f

1. rescue, help

Verb

retta

1. to rescue
2. to save (somebody)

Related terms

• retter