Wiktionary

ren

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

EnglishEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin ren.

NounEdit

ren (plural renes)

  1. (anatomy) A kidney.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
a kidney — see kidney

Etymology 2Edit

From Egyptian rn,

r
n		 A2

NounEdit

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.

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

The Tosk (Çamërisht, Arbëreshë/Arvanite) and also Old Albanian form of Standard Albanian re (“cloud, clouds”).

NounEdit

ren f

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

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit


CatalanEdit

 
Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

EtymologyEdit

From French renne.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ren m (plural rens)

  1. reindeer

ChuukeseEdit

PrepositionEdit

ren

  1. with (third person singular)

CimbrianEdit

VerbEdit

ren

  1. to speak
  2. to talk

ReferencesEdit

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

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /reːˀn/, [ˈʁæˀn]

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse hreinn m, from Proto-Germanic *hrainaz, cognate with Norwegian rein, Swedish ren, Old English hrān.

NounEdit

ren c (singular definite renen, plural indefinite rener)

  1. reindeer
    Synonym: rensdyr
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ren
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ren renen rener renerne
genitive rens renens reners renernes
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse rein f, from Proto-Germanic *rainō, cognate with Norwegian rein, Swedish ren, German Rain (English rean is from Old Norse).

NounEdit

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

  1. (rare) a strip of unplowed land serving as a boundary between estates
    Synonym: agerren
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ren
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ren renen rene
rener 		renene
renerne
genitive rens renens renes
reners 		renenes
renernes
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse hreinn (“clean”), from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz, cognate with Norwegian rein, Swedish ren, German rein, Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains).

AdjectiveEdit

ren (neuter rent, plural and definite singular attributive rene)

  1. clean (without dirt)
  2. pure, mere, sheer (without any added elements)
  3. pure (morally)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of ren
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular ren renere renest2
Neuter singular rent renere renest2
Plural rene renere renest2
Definite attributive1 rene renere reneste
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.
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /rɛn/
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  • Hyphenation: ren
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch rinne, renne.

NounEdit

ren f (plural rennen, diminutive rennetje n)

  1. A run; an enclosed area where small or mid-sized livestock such as poultry are kept.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

ren

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

GalicianEdit

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ren, from Latin rēs nāta, neutral plural of rēs nātum, Latin no things.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ren

  1. nothing

SynonymsEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French rein (“kidney”)

NounEdit

ren

  1. kidney

InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

ren (plural renes)

  1. kidney

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ren

  1. Rōmaji transcription of れん

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

rēn m (genitive rēnis); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) kidney

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Eastern Romance:
    • Romanian: rână
  • Interlingua: ren
  • Italian: rene
  • Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Old French: rein, rain
  • Old Occitan:
  • Old Portuguese: rẽes (from the plural)
    • Galician: rens, res (from the plural)
    • Portuguese: rim
  • Old Spanish:
  • Sardinian: arrene, rene
  • Sicilian: rini
  • Venetian: reno
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēnile
    • Old Portuguese: *rẽil
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēniō (see there for further descendants)
  • → Gheg Albanian: rrâni

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Tocharian and Indo-European Studies, Volumes 4-6

Further readingEdit

  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ren in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

ren

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

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

ManxEdit

VerbEdit

ren

  1. past of jean

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hreinn

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /reːn/, [ɾeːn]

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. clean
  2. pure

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

OccitanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

from Latin rēnes < rēn, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ren m (plural rens)

  1. (anatomy) kidney

SynonymsEdit

Dialectal variantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin rem, accusative of rēs (“thing”). Compare Catalan res (“nothing”), French rien (“nothing”).

PronounEdit

ren

  1. (Provençal, Limousin) nothing

Dialectal variantsEdit

PiedmonteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ren m

  1. kidney

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

ren m anim

  1. reindeer
DeclensionEdit
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
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin rhenium.

NounEdit

Chemical element
Re
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ren m inan

  1. rhenium
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ren
singular
nominative ren
genitive renu
dative renowi
accusative ren
instrumental renem
locative renie
vocative renie

Further readingEdit

  • ren in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

 
Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro
 
Un ren

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ren m (plural reni)

  1. reindeer

DeclensionEdit

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

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

rȅn m (Cyrillic spelling ре̏н)

  1. horseradish

DeclensionEdit

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

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse hreinn (noun).

NounEdit

ren c

  1. reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ren 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ren renen renar renarna
Genitive rens renens renars renarnas
HyponymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

AdjectiveEdit

ren (comparative renare, superlative renast)

  1. clean; not dirty
  2. pure
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of ren
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ren renare renast
Neuter singular rent renare renast
Plural rena renare renast
Masculine plural3 rene 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.
3) Dated or archaic
AntonymsEdit

AnagramsEdit

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English rain.

NounEdit

ren

  1. rain
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:
      ...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.
      →New International Version translation
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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ren • (蓮, 𨕡)

  1. threading

VerbEdit

ren • (蓮, 𨕡)

  1. to thread; lace; weave
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