render

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Alternative forms

• rendre (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French rendre (“to render, to make”), from Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin reddere, present active infinitive of reddō (“return in profit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹɛn.də(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /rEn.d@(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)
• (US) IPA: /ɹɛn.dɚ/, X-SAMPA: /rEn.d@`/

• Audio (US)

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Verb

render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered)

1. (transitive) To cause to become.

   The shot rendered her immobile.

2. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.

   The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.

   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.

   we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus

3. (transitive) To translate into another language
4. (transitive) To pass down.

   render a verdict (= deliver a judgment)

5. (transitive) To make over as a return.

   They had to render the estate.

6. (transitive) To give; to give back.

   render aid

   render money

7. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform digital information in the form received from a repository into a display on a computer screen, or for other presentation to the user.

   rendering images

8. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly.
9. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.

   rendering of fat into soap

10. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.

    Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.

11. (construction) To cover a wall with a film of cement.
12. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.

    A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.

13. (nautical) To yield or give way.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (fat dripping): render off

Derived terms

• renderer (computer graphics)

Translations

To cause to become

• Finnish: tehdä (fi), aiheuttaa (fi)
• French: rendre (fr)

• Hungarian: tesz vmivé (hu)
• Korean: 일어나게 하다 (ko) (ileonage hada), ~하게하다 (ko) (hagehada)

To interpret

• Esperanto: reprodukti (eo)
• Finnish: tulkita (fi)
• French: interpréter (fr)

• Korean: 번역하다 (ko) (beonyeokhada), 통역하다 (ko) (tongyeokhada)
• Portuguese: interpretar (pt)
• Walloon: rinde (wa)

To pass down

• Finnish: antaa (fi)

• Spanish: pasar (es)

To make over as a return

• Finnish: palauttaa (fi)

• Scottish Gaelic: dìol (gd)

To give; to give back

• Finnish: antaa takaisin (fi)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìol (gd)

• Spanish: dar (es), devolver (es)

To transform digital information in the form received from a repository into a display on a computer screen, or for other presentation to the user

• Finnish: renderöidä (fi)
• German: rendern (de)

• Spanish: representar gráficamente (es), renderizar (es)

To capture and turn over to another country secretly

• Portuguese: interpretar (pt)

Noun

render (plural renders)

1. A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls.
2. (computer graphics) An image produced by rendering a model.

   A low-resolution render might look blocky.

3. (obsolete) A surrender.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

4. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.

   In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. — Blackstone.

5. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

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Danish

Noun

render c

1. plural indefinite of rende

Verb

render

1. present of rende

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Portuguese

Verb

render (first-person singular present indicative rendo, past participle rendido)

1. To render
2. To yield
3. To dominate or command
4. To subject

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb render

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: comer, mexer, temer, varrer, vender.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	render
Personal	render	renderes	render	rendermos	renderdes	renderem
Gerund
	rendendo
Past participle
Masculine	rendido			rendidos
Feminine	rendida			rendidas
Indicative
Present	rendo	rendes	rende	rendemos	rendeis	rendem
Imperfect	rendia	rendias	rendia	rendíamos	rendíeis	rendiam
Preterite	rendi	rendeste	rendeu	rendemos	rendestes	renderam
Pluperfect	rendera	renderas	rendera	rendêramos	rendêreis	renderam
Future	renderei	renderás	renderá	renderemos	rendereis	renderão
Conditional	renderia	renderias	renderia	renderíamos	renderíeis	renderiam
Subjunctive
Present	renda	rendas	renda	rendamos	rendais	rendam
Imperfect	rendesse	rendesses	rendesse	rendêssemos	rendêsseis	rendessem
Future	render	renderes	render	rendermos	renderdes	renderem
Imperative
Affirmative	renda	rende	renda	rendamos	rendei	rendam
Negative (não)	renda	rendas	renda	rendamos	rendais	rendam

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Romansch

Verb

render

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to return, give back
2. to vomit, throw up, puke, be sick

Synonyms

• (to return, give back):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun) dar enavos, (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) dar anavos, (Puter) der inavous, (Vallader) dar inavo
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) restituir, (Surmiran) restitueir
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) returnar, (Puter) returner, (Vallader) retuornar