renal

See also: rénal

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin renalis, from Latin rēnēs (“kidneys”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.nəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹi.nəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːnəl
• Hyphenation: ren‧al

Adjective

renal (not comparable)

1. (relational, anatomy) Pertaining to the kidneys.

   Synonyms: nephric, (archaic) nephritic

   renal transplant

Derived terms

• acute renal failure
• adrenal
• aorticorenal
• aortorenal
• branchiootorenal
• cardiorenal
• cerebrorenal
• circumrenal
• duodenorenal
• enterorenal
• extrarenal
• gastrorenal
• hepatorenal
• ileorenal
• infrarenal
• interrenal
• intrarenal
• juxtarenal
• lienorenal
• nonrenal
• oculocerebrorenal
• oculorenal
• papillorenal
• pararenal
• perirenal
• postrenal
• prerenal
• prorenal
• pulmonary-renal syndrome
• pyelorenal
• renal angle
• renal arter
• renal artery
• renalase
• renal calculus
• renal cancer
• renal capsule
• renal cast
• renal cell carcinoma
• renal clearance
• renal colic
• renal corpuscle
• renal cortex
• renal crisis
• renal cylinder
• renal disorder
• renally
• renal medulla
• renal pelvis
• renal physiology
• renal pyramid
• renal vein
• renorenal
• retrorenal
• splenorenal
• subrenal
• suprarenal
• transrenal
• ureterorenal
• vesicorenal

Translations

pertaining to the kidneys

• Arabic: كُلْوِيّ (kulwiyy)
• Belarusian: ныркавы́ (nyrkavý)
• Bulgarian: бъ́бречен (bǎ́brečen)
• Catalan: renal (ca)
• Czech: ledvinový (cs) m, renální (cs) m
• Dutch: renaal (nl)
• Esperanto: rena (eo)
• Finnish: munuais- (fi)
• French: rénal (fr)
• Galician: renal (gl)
• German: renal (de), Nieren- (de)
• Greek: Greek: νεφρικός m (Greek: nefrikós)
• Hungarian: vese- (hu)
• Irish: duánach
• Italian: renale (it)
• Kazakh: бүйректік (büirektık)
• Macedonian: бубрежен (bubrežen)
• Manx: aareydagh
• Māori: a ngā tākihi, o ngā tākihi, tākihi
• Polish: nerkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: renal (pt)
• Romanian: renal (ro)
• Russian: по́чечный (ru) (póčečnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бу̀брежнӣ

  Latin: bùbrežnī (sh)

• Slovak: obličkový (sk)
• Slovene: ledvičen
• Spanish: renal (es), nefrítico
• Swedish: renal (sv), njur- (sv)
• Ukrainian: ниркови́й (nyrkovýj)
• Volapük: roinik

Further reading

• “renal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “renal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “renal”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• Laren, Larne, Learn, laner, learn, neral

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin renalis, from Latin rēnēs (“kidneys”).

Adjective

renal m or f (masculine and feminine plural renals)

1. (anatomy) renal (pertaining to the kidneys)

Related terms

• ronyó

Further reading

• “renal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin renalis, from Latin rēnēs (“kidneys”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁeˈnaːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

renal (strong nominative masculine singular renaler, not comparable)

1. (anatomy) renal (pertaining to the kidneys)

Declension

Positive forms of renal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist renal	sie ist renal	es ist renal	sie sind renal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	renaler	renale	renales	renale
	genitive	renalen	renaler	renalen	renaler
	dative	renalem	renaler	renalem	renalen
	accusative	renalen	renale	renales	renale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der renale	die renale	das renale	die renalen
	genitive	des renalen	der renalen	des renalen	der renalen
	dative	dem renalen	der renalen	dem renalen	den renalen
	accusative	den renalen	die renale	das renale	die renalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein renaler	eine renale	ein renales	(keine) renalen
	genitive	eines renalen	einer renalen	eines renalen	(keiner) renalen
	dative	einem renalen	einer renalen	einem renalen	(keinen) renalen
	accusative	einen renalen	eine renale	ein renales	(keine) renalen

Derived terms

• perirenal

Further reading

• “renal” in Duden online
• “renal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

Adjective

renal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) renal (pertaining to the kidneys)

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin renalis, from Latin rēnēs (“kidneys”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈnaw/ [heˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈnaw/ [heˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈnaw/ [χeˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈnal/ [ʁɨˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈnal/ [ʁɨˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈna.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: re‧nal

Adjective

renal m or f (plural renais, not comparable)

1. (anatomy) renal (pertaining to the kidneys)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rénal, from Latin renalis.

Adjective

renal m or n (feminine singular renală, masculine plural renali, feminine/neuter plural renale)

1. (anatomy) renal (pertaining to the kidneys)

Declension

Declension of renal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	renal		renală		renali	renale
	definite	renalul		renala		renalii	renalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	renal		renale		renali	renale
	definite	renalului		renalei		renalilor	renalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin renalis, from Latin rēnēs (“kidneys”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈnal/ [reˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: re‧nal

Adjective

renal m or f (masculine and feminine plural renales)

1. (anatomy) renal (pertaining to the kidneys)

Derived terms

• aorticorrenal
• arteria renal
• cálculo renal
• esplenorrenal
• hepatorrenal
• perirrenal
• renalmente
• suprarrenal

Related terms

• rene
• riñón

Further reading

• “renal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025