rentier

See also: Rentier and rentiér

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rentier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒntɪeɪ/, /ɹɑ̃ˈtjeɪ/

Noun

rentier (plural rentiers)

1. An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.
   • 2022 April 13, Evgeny Morozov, “Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason”, in New Left Review‎^[1], number 133/134, pages 89–126:

     If today’s capitalists are mere lazy rentiers who contribute nothing to the production process, don’t they deserve to be downgraded to the status of feudal landlords?

Derived terms

• rentier state

Translations

individual who receives capital income

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食利者 (zh) (shílìzhě)

• Czech: rentiér m
• Dutch: rentenier (nl)
• Estonian: rantjee
• Finnish: pääomatulon saaja
• French: rentier (fr) m, rentière (fr) f
• German: Rentier (de) m, Rentière f
• Italian: redditiere m
• Japanese: 金利生活者 (きんりせいかつしゃ, kinri seikatsusha), ランティエ (rantie)
• Polish: rentier (pl) m, rentierka f
• Portuguese: rentista (pt) m or f
• Russian: рантье́ (ru) m or f (rantʹjé)
• Spanish: rentista m
• Turkish: rantiye (tr)
• Ukrainian: рантьє́ m or f (rantʹjé)
• Walloon: rintî (wa) m, rintire f

See also

• unearned income
• capitalist

Anagrams

• Reinert, Terrien, reinter, terrine

French

Etymology

From rente +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.tje/

Noun

rentier m (plural rentiers, feminine rentière)

1. rentier

Further reading

• “rentier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• inerter, retenir, terrien, terrine

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rentier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛn.tjɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛntjɛr
• Syllabification: ren‧tier

Noun

rentier m pers (female equivalent rentierka)

1. (economics) rentier

Declension

Declension of rentier

	singular	plural
nominative	rentier	rentierzy/rentiery (deprecative)
genitive	rentiera	rentierów
dative	rentierowi	rentierom
accusative	rentiera	rentierów
instrumental	rentierem	rentierami
locative	rentierze	rentierach
vocative	rentierze	rentierzy

Derived terms

nouns

• rentierka
• rentierstwo

 

adjective

• rentierski

 

Related terms

noun

• renta

 

Further reading

• rentier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rentier in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rentier.

Noun

rentier m (plural rentieri)

1. rentier

Declension

Declension of rentier

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rentier	rentierul	(niște) rentieri	rentierii
genitive/dative	(unui) rentier	rentierului	(unor) rentieri	rentierilor
vocative	rentierule		rentierilor