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rett

Pronunciation: /ɾɛtː/

“rett” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. right
  2. straight

noun

  1. a right
  2. justice, law, jurisprudence
  3. a court (court of law)
  4. dish, course (part of a meal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse réttr (“right”), from Proto-Germanic *rehtuz, *rehtaz (“right, straight; morally upright, just”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right, upright”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, right oneself; right, just”) + *-tós (“verbal adjective suffix”). The spelling with double "t" is borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk rett. The original Riksmål spelling ret is from…

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