rente

See also: Rente and renté

English

Etymology

From French rente

Noun

rente (plural rentes)

1. In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc. that represent government indebtedness.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rente in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Enter, Enter., enter, enter-, entre, terne, treen

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Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German rente (“interest”) and Old French rente (“income”) from Latin reddita, past participle of reddō (“to give back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛntə/, [ˈʁand̥ə], [ˈʁɑnd̥ə]
• Homophone: rendte

Noun

rente c (singular definite renten, plural indefinite renter)

1. interest (money paid by borrower to lender)

   med renter og renters rente

   with interest, as well as interest on the increase in debt caused hereby (provided the interest is not paid, but added to the debt)

Inflection

Declension of rente

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rente	renten	renter	renterne
genitive	rentes	rentens	renters	renternes

Derived terms

• bankrente
• indlånsrente
• markedsrente
• obligationsrente
• realrente
• renteforhøjelse
• rentenedsættelse
• rentestigning
• udlånsrente

 

References

• “rente” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old French rente (1230–1231), cognate with Icelandic renta and Danish rente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛn.tə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ren‧te

Noun

rente f (plural rentes or renten, diminutive rentetje n)

1. interest

Synonyms

• intrest, interest

Derived terms

• hypotheekrente

Related terms

• renderen

Descendants

• → Indonesian: renten

Anagrams

• teren

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rendita, alteration of the past participle form of Latin reddere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃t/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

Noun

rente f (plural rentes)

1. annuity; benefit
2. pension
3. (in the plural) private income

Derived terms

• rente viagère

Verb

rente

1. inflection of renter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rente” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• enter, entre, entré, terne

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Latin

Participle

rente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of rēns

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rendita and Old Norse renta

Noun

rente f or m (definite singular renta or renten, indefinite plural renter, definite plural rentene)

1. (finance) interest (paid or received)

Derived terms

• rentebærende
• rentefri
• rentesats

References

• “rente” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin rendita and Old Norse renta

Noun

rente f (definite singular renta, indefinite plural renter, definite plural rentene)

1. (finance) interest (paid or received)

Derived terms

• rentefri
• rentesats

Verb

rente

1. past of renna

References

• “rente” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rendita, from the past participle of *rendō/reddō.

Noun

rente f (oblique plural rentes, nominative singular rente, nominative plural rentes)

1. income

Descendants

• → Dutch: rente
• → English: rent
• French: rente
• → German: Rente f

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Portuguese

Adverb

rente (comparative mais rente superlative o mais rente)

1. close
   • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:

     A mulher saiu sem dizer palavra, nem adeus, nem até logo, segue pelo corredor deserto, passa rente à porta da primeira camarata, […]

     The woman left without saying a word, not even goodbye or see you, continued along the deserted hallway, passed close to the door of the first dormitory, […]

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrente/

Verb

rente

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rentar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of rentar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rentar.

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Venetian

Adjective

rente m or f (masculine and feminine plural renti)

1. near, nearby
2. next