rena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rena"

Faroese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeːna/
• Rhymes: -eːna

Verb

rena (third person singular past indicative rendi, third person plural past indicative rent, supine rent)

1. (transitive) to stick [with accusative]

   rena knívin í eitt

   to stick one's knife into something

Conjugation

Conjugation of rena (group v-1)

infinitive	rena
supine	rent
	present	past
first singular	reni	rendi
second singular	renir	rendi
third singular	renir	rendi
plural	rena	rendu
participle (a7)1	renandi	rendur
	imperative
singular	ren!
plural	renið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

References

• "rena" at Sprotin.fo

Italian

Alternative forms

• arena

Etymology

From Latin arēna. Initial a- was lost, either through simple apheresis or, more probably, through rebracketing of l’arena to la rena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.na/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: ré‧na

Noun

rena f (countable and uncountable, plural rene)

1. (literary or dialectal, Romanesco, obsolete) sand

   Synonym: sabbia

Related terms

• reniccio
• renoso

Anagrams

• Nera, nare, nera, rane

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• रेन (Devanagari script)
• রেন (Bengali script)
• රෙන (Sinhalese script)
• ရေန or ရေၼ (Burmese script)
• เรน or เรนะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຣນ or ເຣນະ (Lao script)
• រេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

rena

1. instrumental singular of ra (“Pali letter 'r'”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: re‧na

Noun

rena m

1. genitive singular of ren (reindeer)
2. accusative singular of ren (reindeer)

Portuguese

rena (Rangifer tarandus)

Alternative forms

• renna (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *hrainaz

Old Norse hreinn

Swedish renbor.

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Old Norse hreinn

Norwegian Nynorsk reinbor.

French rennebor.

Portuguese rena

Borrowed from French renne.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈhẽ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈhẽ.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈχẽ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.na/ [ˈhe.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.nɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ẽnɐ, -enɐ
• Homophone: (Brazil) hena
• Hyphenation: re‧na

Noun

rena f (plural renas)

1. reindeer

   Coordinate term: caribu

Further reading

• “rena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “rena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “rena”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rena (Cyrillic spelling рена)

1. genitive singular of ren

Swedish

Etymology

ren +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

rena

1. inflection of ren:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

rena (present renar, preterite renade, supine renat, imperative rena)

1. to purify, to remove impurities from
2. to purify; to free someone from guilt or sin (motivated by religion)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rena (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	rena		renas
supine	renat		renats
imperative	rena		—
imper. plural1	renen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	renar	renade	renas	renades
ind. plural1	rena	renade	renas	renades
subjunctive2	rene	renade	renes	renades
present participle		renande
past participle		renad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• rengöra
• rening
• rensa
• rentvå

See also

• rena rama

References

• “rena”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “rena”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “rena”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• -erna, Arne, Enar, Erna, aren, enar, eran, rean