arete

See also: areté, aretê, and arête

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹɪtiː/, /ˈɑɹɪteɪ/

Noun

arete (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) Virtue, excellence.
   • 1962, Lionel Ignacius Cusack Pearson, Popular Ethics in Ancient Greece, page 78 (translating a line from an old text):

     All arete is included in justice, Cyrnus.

2. (philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.

Related terms

• aretaic

Translations

virtue, excellence

Ancient Greek: ἀρετή f (aretḗ) Finnish: hyve (fi) Greek: αρετή (el) f (aretí) Hebrew: סְגֻלָּה (he) f (sgulá) Indonesian: kebajikan (id), keutamaan (id) Portuguese: areté f, aretê f Russian: арете́ (areté) Tamil: அறன் (ta) (aṟaṉ), அறம் (ta) (aṟam)

Further reading

• arete on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

arete (plural aretes)

1. Alternative spelling of arête

Anagrams

• areet, eater, ratee, teare

Latin

Verb

ārēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of āreō

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈre.te/

Noun

arete m (plural areți)

1. ram (male sheep)

   Synonym: berbec

Declension

Declension of arete

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	arete	aretele		areți	areții
genitive-dative	arete	aretelui		areți	areților
vocative	arete			areților

See also

• oaie
• miel

Further reading

• arete in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From aro +‎ -ete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾete/ [aˈɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: a‧re‧te

Noun

arete m (plural aretes)

1. (Latin America, Philippines) earring

   Synonym: pendiente

Derived terms

• aretito

Further reading

• “arete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10