remei

See also: remeí and remeï

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan remey, from Latin remedium. Doublet of remedi, an early borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈmɛj]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈməj]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈmej]

Noun

remei m (plural remeis)

1. remedy (a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease)
2. (by extension) remedy (something that corrects or counteracts)
   • 2021 August 14, Sílvia Barroso, quoting Pau Vidal, “Pau Vidal: “Els catalanoparlants tenim mentalitat de perdedors i l’hem de canviar””, in El Món‎^[1]:

     Mai es pot dir que una cosa no tingui remei. Però és molt més difícil del que volem admetre, perquè és dolorós.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• remeiar
• remeier

References

• “remei” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “remei” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “remei”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “remei” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Verb

remei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of remar

Portuguese

Verb

remei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of remar