rêne
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rene"
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French resne, redne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Latin retinere (“hold back, restrain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rêne f (plural rênes)
- rein (strap or rope used to control an animal)
- (figuratively) power over something
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “rêne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Early Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- Rhymes:French/ɛn
- French terms with homophones
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns