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{{also|Reed}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|rēd}}, {{IPA|en|/ɹiːd/}}
* {{homophones|en|read|Reid|Reade|Read}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːd|s=1}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-reed.ogg|a=US}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|red|id=reed}}, {{m|enm|reed}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hrēod}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hreud}}, of uncertain origin.

Akin to {{cog|stq|Rait|t=reed}}, {{cog|fy|reid|t=reed}}, {{cog|nl|riet|t=reed}}, {{cog|de|Ried|t=reed}}. No cognates in North Germanic languages, but the existence of an otherwise unattested {{cog|got|*𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳}} was supposed by the brothers Grimm.<ref name = "DW">[http://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/cgi-bin/WBNetz/wbgui_py?sigle=DWB&lemid=GR05225 The supposition] about Gothic and the quote from Noctes Atticae in [[:w:de:Deutsches Wörterbuch|Deutsches Wörterbuch]]: "''dixit ... amicus meus in libro se Gavi de origine vocabulorum VII legisse "retas" vocari arbores, quae aut ripis fluminum eminerent aut in alveis eorum exstarent''"</ref> They also theorised that the word may have a relation to the ''retas'' mentioned in ''{{w|Noctes Atticae}}'' (Aulus Gellius).<ref name = "DW"/> The measuring reed sense is the translation of Akkadian ''qanûm'' ("cane") used in the Bible and elsewhere.<ref>Jens Høyrup, ''Lengths, Widths, Surfaces: A Portrait of Old Babylonian Algebra and Its Kin'', p. 209, Springer, 2002 {{ISBN|9780387953038}}.</ref>

====Noun====
[[Image:Reed bed - geograph.org.uk - 433687.jpg|thumb|{{senseno|en|plant}}]]
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{senseid|en|plant}} {{lb|en|countable}} Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
# {{lb|en|countable}} The hollow stem of these plants.
# {{lb|en|countable|music}} Part of the [[mouthpiece]] of certain [[woodwind]] instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
# {{lb|en|countable|music}} A musical instrument such as the [[clarinet]] or [[oboe]], which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
# {{senseid|en|weaving}}{{lb|en|countable|weaving}} A comb-like part of a {{l|en|beater}} for beating the weft when weaving.
# {{lb|en|countable|historical}} A piece of [[whalebone]] or similar for [[stiffen]]ing the [[skirt]] or [[waist]] of a woman's [[dress]].
# {{lb|en|uncountable|architecture}} [[reeding|Reeding]].
# {{lb|en|mining}} A [[tube]] containing the [[train]] of [[powder]] for igniting the [[charge]] in [[blasting]].
# [[straw|Straw]] prepared for [[thatch]]ing a [[roof]].
# {{lb|en|poetic|obsolete}} A [[missile]] [[weapon]].
# {{lb|en|archaic|metrology}} A measuring rod.
## A [[Babylonian]] unit of measure the length of a reed, equal to half a [[nindan]], or six [[cubit]]s.

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|broken reed|double reed|reed bunting|reed instrumentalist|reed organ|reed relay|reed stop|reed switch|reeden|reedy|single reed|slender reed|bluejoint reed grass|Blyth's reed warbler|bur-reed|common reed|double-reed|free reed|giant reed|great reed warbler|paper reed|reed bed|reed instrument|reed knife|reed mace|reed motion|reed pen|reed pheasant|reed pipe|reed plane|reed thrush|reed warbler|reed wren|reed-mace|single-reed|small reed|small-reed|star-reed|tall reed|tropical reed|Ulmer's reed snake}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|grass-like plant}}
* Aghwan: {{t|xag|𐕒𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕣}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قَصَبَة|f}}, {{t|ar|بُوصَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|قصبة|f|tr=ʔaṣaba}}, {{t|arz|بوصة|f|tr=bōṣa}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|قصب|tr=qaṣb}} {{qualifier|collective}}, {{t|ary|قصبة|tr=qaṣba}} {{qualifier|singulative}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|եղեգ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|arugoz|n}}, {{t|rup|trescã|f}}, {{t|rup|shuvar|n}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|ইকৰ}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|cañavera|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|qarğı}}, {{t+|az|qamış}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ҡамыш}}, {{t|ba|екән}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|ihi}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|трыснёг|m}}, {{t|be|чаро́т|m}}, {{t|be|трысцё|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|тръстика|f}}
* Cahuilla: {{t|chl|paxal}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|canya|f}}
* Central Tarahumara: {{t|tar|baká}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|蘆葦}}
* Classical Nahuatl: {{t|nci|ācatl}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rákosí|n}}, {{t|cs|sítí|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|siv}}, {{t+|da|rør|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|riet|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kano}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|sev}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaisla}}, {{t+|fi|ruoko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|roseau|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|carrizo|m}}, {{t+|gl|cana|f}}, {{t|gl|xunco|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ლერწამი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schilf|n}}, {{t+|de|Ried|n}}, {{t+|de|Rohr|n}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καλάμι|n}}, {{t+|el|καλαμιά|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|κάλαμος|m}}, {{t|grc|θρύον|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קָנֶה|f|tr=qané}}
* Huichol: {{t|hch|háca}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nád}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|sef|n}}, {{t|is|reyr|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|alang}}, {{t+|id|alang-alang|p}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|glaisa}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|giolcach|f}}, {{t|ga|biorrach|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|canna|f}}, {{t|it|canniccio|m}}, {{t+|it|giunco|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|葦|tr=よし, yoshi}}, {{t+|ja|蘆|tr=あし, ashi}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|қамыс}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ប្របុស|tr=prɑboh}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|갈대}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|камыш}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|nīdre|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|harundō|f}}, {{t|la|iuncus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|niedre}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|nendrė|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|трска|f}}
* Mayo: {{t|mfy|baaca}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|red}}
* Mongolian: 
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|хулс}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠰᠤ}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|lókʼaaʼ}}
* Northern Tepehuan: {{t|ntp|vaapákai}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|siv|n}}, {{t+|no|rør|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|canavèra|f}}, {{t|oc|rausa|f}}, {{t+|oc|cana|f}}, {{t|oc|canòta|f}}
* Old Czech: {{t|zlw-ocs|trstina|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hreod}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قامش|tr=kamış}}, {{t|ota|كلیز|tr=kiliz}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|نی|tr=ney}}, {{t|fa|روخ|tr=rux}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Schelp|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|trzcina|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|junco|m}}, {{t+|pt|cana|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|stuf}}, {{t+|ro|trestie|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|тростни́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|камы́ш|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: 
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|тр̏ска|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|tȑska|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|trstina|f}}, {{t|sk|tŕstie|n}}, {{t|sk|trsť|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|trsje|n}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|јекен}}, {{t|alt|камыш}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|junco|m}}, {{t+|es|carrizo|m}}, {{t+|es|caña|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|säv|c}}, {{t+|sv|vass|c}}, {{t+|sv|rör|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|tambo}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|aɣanim|m}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|җикән}}, {{t|tt|камыш}}
* Tetelcingo Nahuatl: {{t|nhg|öcatl}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กก}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|saz}}
* Uab Meto: {{t|aoz|humusu}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|очере́т|m}}, {{t|uk|трости́на|f}}, {{t|uk|коми́ш|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sậy}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|rozea|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|hollow stem}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|rietstengel|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ruoko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|canne|f}}, {{t+|fr|jonc|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|cana}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schilfrohr|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καλάμι|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|canna|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قلم|tr=kalem}}, {{t|ota|خامه|tr=hame}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کلک|tr=kelk}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|trzcina|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cana|f}}, {{t+|pt|colmo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|тростни́к|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|junco|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|music: part of mouthpiece}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|լեզվակ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|canya|f}}, {{t+|ca|llengüeta|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|簧片}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|riet|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|anĉo}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ruokokieli}}, {{t+|fi|lehdykkä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|anche|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|palleta|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Rohrblatt|n}}, {{t+|de|Blatt|n}}, {{t+|de|Blättchen|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γλωττίδα|f}}, {{t+|el|καλάμι|n}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|blað|n}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|feag|f}}, {{t|ga|geocán|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ancia|f}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|កន្លើត|tr=kɑnlaət}}, {{t+|km|អណ្ដាត|tr=ɑndaat}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Blietchen|n}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|lidah serunai}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tohe}}, {{t|mi|tohetohe}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|rør|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|stroik|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|palheta|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|язычо́к|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|caña|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|rör|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kamış}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|music: instrument}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|lehdykkäsoitin}}
* French: {{t|fr|[[instrument]] [[à]] [[anche]]|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Rohrblattinstrument|n}}
* Italian: {{t|it|[[strumento]] [[ad]] [[ancia]]|m}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ប៉ី|tr=pəy|sc=Khmr}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|instrument drewniany|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|weaving}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|筘|tr=kòu}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|paprsek|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pirta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|peigne|m}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|hræll|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pettine}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|筬|tr=おさ, osa}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ធ្មេញឈើ|tr=tmɨɲ cʰəə}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pente|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vävsked|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|material}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|тръстика|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaisla}}, {{t+|fi|ruoko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|roseau|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Albanian: {{t+check|sq|kulmak|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+check|ca|canya|f}}
* Danish: {{t+check|da|siv}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|riet}}
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|kano}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|roseau|m}} (1, 5), {{t+check|fr|jonc|m}} (1, 3, 5), {{t+check|fr|anche|f}} (3), {{t+check|fr|chaume|m}} (5)
* German: {{t+check|de|Zunge|f}}, {{t-check|de|Kontaktzunge|f}} {{gloss|metal reed, e.g. in reed switches}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|canna|f}} (1, 2), {{t+check|it|ancia|f}} (3)
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|갈대}}
* Nahuatl: {{t-check|nah|acatonalaya}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{t-check|nay|yalkari}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|stuf|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian: 
*: Cyrillic: {{t-check|sh|тр̏ска|f}}, {{t-check|sh|ро̏го̄з|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+check|sh|tȑska|f}}, {{t+check|sh|rȍgōz|m}}
* Slovak: {{t-check|sk|trstina|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|caña|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+check|sw|tete}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|vass}}, {{t+check|sv|säv}}
* Thai: {{t+check|th|อ้อ}}, {{t+check|th|ลิ้น}}
* Turkish: {{t+check|tr|saz}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|reden}}, from the noun (see above).

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[thatch]].
# To mill or mint with [[reeding]].

===Etymology 3===
See {{m|en|ree}}.

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|ree||ed-form}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{inh|en|enm|rede|t=abomasum|id=abomasum}}, from {{inh|en|ang|rēada}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*raudō}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|read}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|UK|Scotland|dialect}} The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=deer|-dere|Eder|Rede|de re|deer|dere|dree|rede}}

{{C|en|Grasses|Materials|Water plants}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation 1===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-reed.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|nl|eːt|eː|s=1}}
* {{IPA|nl|/reː(t)/}}
* {{homophone|nl|reedt|reet}}

====Verb====
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|rijden||s|past|ind}}

===Pronunciation 2===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-reed.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|nl|eːt|s=1}}
* {{IPA|nl|/reːt/}}
* {{homophone|nl|reedt}}

====Verb====
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|reden||bare-verb}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|rede}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|enm|ang|ræd}}.

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{lb|enm|Chaucer}} advice, [[counsel]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|enm|ang|read}}.

====Adjective====
{{enm-adj}}

# [[red]]
#* '''14th c.''', [[w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]], ''[[s:The Canterbury Tales/General Prologue|General Prologue]]''
#*: {{quote|enm|Boold was hir face, and fair, and '''reed''' of hewe.
|translation=Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.}}

{{C|enm|Colors}}

==Plautdietsch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|pdt|gml|gerêde}}, from {{inh|pdt|osx|*girēdi}}, from {{inh|pdt|gmw-pro|*(ga)raidī}}, from {{inh|pdt|gem-pro|*raidaz}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|pdt|adjective}}

# [[ready]], [[prepared]]

{{cln|pdt|1-syllable words}}

==West Frisian==

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|fy}}

====Noun====
{{fy-noun|c|redens|reedsje}}

# {{topics|fy|Footwear}} [[skate]]

=====Further reading=====
* {{R:WFT|80625|I}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|fy|ofs|*rēd}}, from {{inh|fy|gmw-pro|*raidu}}, from {{inh|fy|gem-pro|*raidō}}.

====Noun====
{{fy-noun|c|reden|reedsje}}

# [[driveway]]
# [[journey]]

=====Further reading=====
* {{R:WFT|80626|II}}

==Yola==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|yol|enm|red}}, from {{inh|yol|ang|rēad}}, from {{inh|yol|gmw-pro|*raud}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|yol|/ɾiːd/}}  
* {{homophones|yol|reade}}

===Adjective===
{{head|yol|adjective}}

# [[red]]
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|title=GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage='''Reed''' jhemes; '''Reed'''-shearde on a mountain.|translation='''Red''' rags; The '''Red''' Gap on the mountain.}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=A YOLA ZONG|number=8|page=86|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=Zim dellen harnothès w'aar nize ee '''reed''' cley;|translation=Some digging earth-nuts with their noses in '''red''' clay;}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|yol|redaughe}}

===References===
* {{R:Poole 1867|page=64}}
{{table:colors/yol}}