ren

See also: Ren, rén, rěn, rèn, rền, and REN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛn/

Etymology 1

From Latin ren.

Noun

ren (plural renes)

1. (anatomy) A kidney.

Related terms

• renal

Translations

a kidney — see kidney

Etymology 2

From Egyptian rn,

Noun

ren (plural rens)

1. (Egyptian mythology) One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology.
   • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:

     For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back.

Anagrams

• -ern, -ner-, Ern, NRE, RNE, ern, ner

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• rên, rêu, rêj, rê (Gheg)
• re (Standard Albanian)

Etymology

Old Albanian (also Çamërisht, Arbëreshë/Arvanite) form of Standard Albanian re (“cloud(s)”). Singularized plural of *ri, from Proto-Albanian *rina, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rinéHti (“move”), present of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reiH-. Etymologically identical with Illyrian 'ῥίνος άχλύς' (Illyrian *rhinos (“fog, mist”), Messapic ῥινός (“fog, mist, cloud”)). Further related to Sanskrit रिणाति (riṇā́ti, “to make flow, to release, to pour”), रीयते (rī́уаte, “to begin to flow”), Proto-Slavic *rinǫti (“push, shove”), Ancient Greek ὀρίνω (orínō, “to stir, move, excite”) (Lesb. dialect Ancient Greek ὀρίννω (orínnō)), Latin rīvus (“stream”), Latin irrītō (“to irritate”), Old Irish rían (“sea”), Old Irish riathor (“waterfall”) and Old English rīð (“stream”). According to Pisani, Pocorny and Camaj also related to Albanian përrua (“steam, rain, small river”); which is also related to Albanian rij (“to make humid, humidify”), ritë (“humid, wet”).

Noun

ren f

1. cloud(s)
2. haze, mist
3. overcast

Related terms

• re f
• rij, ritë
• vrenjt
• vrenjtur
• vrëndë f
• vranësi f
• rend
• përrua m, përrue m
• përrenj m, përronj m

References

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Catalan

Etymology

From French renne.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈrən/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛn/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈren/

Noun

ren m (plural rens)

1. reindeer

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Chuukese

Preposition

ren

1. with (third person singular)

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Cimbrian

Verb

ren

1. to speak
2. to talk

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rein.

Noun

ren c (singular definite renen, plural indefinite rene or rener)

1. a strip of unplowed land serving as a boundary between estates

Synonyms

• agerren

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn (noun).

Noun

ren c (singular definite renen, plural indefinite rener)

1. reindeer

Synonyms

• rensdyr

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hreinn (adjective).

Adjective

ren

1. clean

Inflection

Inflection of ren
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	ren	—	—2
Neuter singular	rent	—	—2
Plural	rene	—	—2
Definite attributive1	rene	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛn
• IPA^(key): /rɛn/

• audio

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Noun

ren m (plural rennen, diminutive rennetje n)

1. The place where chickens are kept.

Verb

ren

1. first-person singular present indicative of rennen
2. imperative of rennen

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Galician

From Latin rēs nāta, neutral plural of rēs nātum, Latin no things.

Pronoun

ren

1. nothing

Synonyms

• nada

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rein (“kidney”)

Noun

ren

1. kidney

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Interlingua

Noun

ren (plural renes)

1. kidney

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Interlingue

Noun

ren

1. kidney

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Japanese

Romanization

ren

1. Rōmaji transcription of れん

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Kurdish

Noun

ren ?

1. (anatomy) hip

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Latin

Alternative forms

• rien

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”), related to Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “heart, midriff, mind”) and Tocharian cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reːn/, [reːn̪]

Noun

rēn m (genitive rēnis); third declension

1. (anatomy) kidney
   1. (this term almost always plural in (ancient) Latin. See B. L. Gildersleeve's Pg. 35, Oxford Latin Dictionary Pg. 1614)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rēn	rēnēs
Genitive	rēnis	rēnum
Dative	rēnī	rēnibus
Accusative	rēnem	rēnēs
Ablative	rēne	rēnibus
Vocative	rēn	rēnēs

Derived terms

• rēnālis
• rēniculus
• rēnunculus

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Romanian: rână
• Italian: rene
• Navarro-Aragonese:
  • ⇒ Aragonese: renera
• Old French: rein, rain
  • Middle French: rein
    • French: rein
  • Norman: rein
  • Walloon: rino, rno, rin
  • → English: rein
• Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: ren
• Old Portuguese:
  • Galician: res (from the plural)
  • Portuguese: rim
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: rene
• Sardinian: arrene, rene
• Sicilian: rini
• Venetian: reno
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēnile
  • Old Portuguese: *rẽil
    • Galician: ril, rinle
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēniō (see there for further descendants)
• → Gheg Albanian: rrâni

References

• ren in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ren in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ren in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ren in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Mandarin

Romanization

ren

1. Nonstandard spelling of rén.
2. Nonstandard spelling of rěn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of rèn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Verb

ren

1. past of jean

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rein (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse hreinn

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reːn/, [ɾeːn]

Adjective

ren (neuter singular rent, definite singular and plural rene, comparative renere, indefinite superlative renest, definite superlative reneste)

1. clean
2. pure

Antonyms

• uren

Derived terms

• gullende ren
• rengjøre
• renhet
• renhold
• renholder

 

References

• “ren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛn/

Etymology 1

Noun

ren m anim

1. reindeer

Declension

declension of ren

	singular	plural
nominative	ren	reny
genitive	rena	renów
dative	renowi	renom
accusative	rena	reny
instrumental	renem	renami
locative	renie	renach
vocative	renie	reny

Synonyms

• renifer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin rhenium.

Noun

Chemical element
Re	Previous: wolfram (W)
	Next: osm (Os)

ren m inan

1. rhenium

Declension

declension of ren

	singular
nominative	ren
genitive	renu
dative	renowi
accusative	ren
instrumental	renem
locative	renie
vocative	renie

Further reading

• ren in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Un ren

Etymology

From French renne, from Swedish ren, from Old Norse hreinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ren/

Noun

ren m (plural reni)

1. reindeer

Declension

declension of ren

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ren	renul	(niște) reni	renii
genitive/dative	(unui) ren	renului	(unor) reni	renilor
vocative	renule		renilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rên/

Noun

rȅn m (Cyrillic spelling ре̏н)

1. horseradish

Declension

Declension of ren

	singular
nominative	rȅn
genitive	rèna
dative	renu
accusative	ren
vocative	rene
locative	renu
instrumental	renom

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreinn (noun).

Noun

ren c

1. reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension

Declension of ren
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ren	renen	renar	renarna
Genitive	rens	renens	renars	renarnas

Hyponyms

• härk c
• renko c
• rentjur c
• sarv c
• vaja c

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn (“clean”), from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

Adjective

ren (comparative renare, superlative renast)

1. clean; not dirty
2. pure

Declension

Inflection of ren
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	ren	renare	renast
Neuter singular	rent	renare	renast
Plural	rena	renare	renast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	rene	renare	renaste
All	rena	renare	renaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Antonyms

• smutsig

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English rain.

Noun

ren

1. rain
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:5:

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɛŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹɛŋ˧˧]

Noun

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Verb

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