ren

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

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɛn/

Etymology 1

From Latin ren.

Noun

ren (plural renes)

1. (anatomy) A kidney.

Translations

a kidney — see kidney

Related terms

• renal

Etymology 2

From Egyptian 𓂋𓈖 (rn).

Noun

ren (plural rens)

1. One's secret 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

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Catalan

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Noun

ren m (plural rens)

1. reindeer

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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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛn
• IPA: /rɛn/

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Noun

ren m (plural rennen, diminutive rennetje)

1. The place where chicken are kept. Chicken run

Verb

ren

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

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Japanese

Romanization

ren

1. See れん

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Kurdish

Noun

ren gender unspecified

1. (anatomy) hip

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Latin

Noun

ren (genitive renis); m, third declension

Noun

rēn (genitive rēnis); m, third declension

1. (anatomy) kidney

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	rēn	rēnēs
genitive	rēnis	rēnum
dative	rēnī	rēnibus
accusative	rēnem	rēnēs
ablative	rēne	rēnibus
vocative	rēn	rēnēs

Derived terms

• renalis
• renunculus

Descendants

Aromanian: arniclju Catalan: ronyó French: rein, rognon Friulian: rognon Gheg Albanian: rrâni Italian: rene, rognone Jèrriais: rein

Occitan: ren, arnelh, renhon, ronhon Portuguese: rim Romanian: rână, rinichi Sardinian: arrene, rene Sicilian: rini Spanish: rene, riñón

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Lojban

Rafsi

ren

1. rafsi of trene.

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [rɛ̃n̪]

Etymology 1

Noun

ren m

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

From Latin rhenium

Noun

ren m

1. rhenium

Declension

    declension of ren

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreinn (noun).

Noun

ren c

1. reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension

Declension of ren

	singular		plural
Common	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

1. clean; not dirty
2. pure

Declension

Declension of ren

Inflections of ren		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	ren	renare		renast
	Neuter	rent
Definite singular	Masc.	rene		renaste
	All	rena		renaste
Plural		rena		renaste

Antonyms

• smutsig

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English rain

Noun

ren

1. rain
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:5 (translation here):

     ...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.

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