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Ren
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Ren
Ren
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rɛn]
Proper noun
Ren m
- Rhine (European river)
Declension
ren
ren
English
Noun
ren (plural renes)
Translations
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Egyptian 𓂋𓈖 (rn).
Noun
ren (plural rens)
- (Egyptian mythology) One's secret name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology.
- 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
- For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back.
- 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
Noun
ren c (singular definite renen, plural indefinite rene or rener)
Synonyms
- agerren
Etymology 2
Noun
ren c (singular definite renen, plural indefinite rener)
Synonyms
Etymology 3
From Old Norse hreinn (adjective).
Adjective
ren
Inflection
Inflection of ren | |||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | ren | — | —2 |
Neuter singular | rent | — | —2 |
Plural | rene | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | rene | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛn
- IPA(key): /rɛn/
Noun
ren m (plural rennen, diminutive rennetje n)
- The place where chickens are kept. Chicken run
Verb
ren
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *hren, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”), related to Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “heart, midriff, mind”) and Tocharian cognates.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ren/, [rẽ]
Noun
rēn m (genitive rēnis); third declension
- (anatomy) kidney
- (this term almost always plural in (ancient) Latin. See B. L. Gildersleeve's Pg. 35, Oxford Latin Dictionary Pg. 1614)
- interior or hidden character (ancient)
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | rēn | rēnēs |
genitive | rēnis | rēnum |
dative | rēnī | rēnibus |
accusative | rēnem | rēnēs |
ablative | rēne | rēnibus |
vocative | rēn | rēnēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ren in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ren in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- REN in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ren”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ Tocharian and Indo-European Studies, Volumes 4-6
Mandarin
Romanization
ren
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /reːn/, [ɾeːn]
Alternative forms
- rein (Nynorsk also)
Adjective
ren (neuter singular rent, definite singular and plural rene, comparative renere, indefinite superlative renest, definite superlative reneste)
Antonyms
Derived terms
References
- “ren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rɛ̃n̪]
Etymology 1
Noun
ren m anim
Declension
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
Chemical element | |
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Re | Previous: wolfram (W) |
Next: osm (Os) |
ren m inan
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French renne, from Swedish ren, from Old Norse hreinn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ren/
Noun
ren m (plural reni)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rên/
Noun
rȅn m (Cyrillic spelling ре̏н)
Declension
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | rȅn |
genitive | rèna |
dative | renu |
accusative | ren |
vocative | rene |
locative | renu |
instrumental | renom |
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hreinn (noun).
Noun
ren c
Declension
Inflection of ren | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ren | renen | renar | renarna |
Genitive | rens | renens | renars | renarnas |
Hyponyms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hreinn (“clean”), from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.
Adjective
ren (comparative renare, superlative renast)
Declension
Inflection of ren | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | ren | renare | renast |
Neuter singular | rent | renare | renast |
Plural | rena | renare | renast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | rene | renare | renaste |
All | rena | renare | renaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. |
Antonyms
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
ren
- rain
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:5 (translation here):
- ...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:5 (translation here):