rêne

See also: rene, Rene, rené, réne, René, and Réné

French

Etymology

From Old French resne, from Vulgar Latin *retina, from Latin retineō. Compare Italian redine, Catalan regna, Spanish rienda, Portuguese rédea, Galician renda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Homophones: Rennes, renne, reines, reine, rênes

Noun

rêne f (plural rênes)

1. rein (strap or rope used to control an animal)
2. (figuratively) power over something.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• néré