German

Noun

Ren n (plural: Rener, Rene, Rens)

1. reindeer

Synonyms

• Rentier

Japanese

Romanization

Ren

1. rōmaji reading of れん

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛn]

Proper noun

Ren m

1. Rhine (European river)

Declension

Turkish

Proper noun

Ren

1. Rhine (European river)

Derived terms

• Ren geyiği

English

Noun

ren ‎(plural renes)

1. (anatomy) A kidney.

Translations

Related terms

• renal

Etymology 2

From Egyptian 𓂋𓈖 ‎(rn).

Noun

ren ‎(plural rens)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• ern
• ner

Catalan

Noun

ren m ‎(plural rens)

1. reindeer

Chuukese

Preposition

ren

1. with (third person singular)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rein.

Noun

ren c (singular definite renen, plural indefinite rene or rener)

1. a strip of unplowed land serving as a boundary between estates

Synonyms

• agerren

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn (noun).

Noun

ren c (singular definite renen, plural indefinite rener)

1. reindeer

Synonyms

• rensdyr

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hreinn (adjective).

Adjective

ren

1. clean

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛn
• IPA^(key): /rɛn/

Noun

ren m ‎(plural rennen, diminutive rennetje n)

1. The place where chickens are kept. Chicken run

Verb

ren

1. first-person singular present indicative of rennen
2. imperative of rennen

Interlingue

Noun

ren

1. kidney

Japanese

Romanization

ren

1. rōmaji reading of れん

Kurdish

Noun

ren ?

1. (anatomy) hip

Latin

Alternative forms

• rien

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

1. (anatomy) kidney
   1. (this term almost always plural in (ancient) Latin. See B. L. Gildersleeve's Pg. 35, Oxford Latin Dictionary Pg. 1614)
2. interior or hidden character (ancient)

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• renalis
• renunculus

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.

1. ↑ Tocharian and Indo-European Studies, Volumes 4-6

Lojban

Rafsi

ren

1. rafsi of trene.

Mandarin

Romanization

ren

1. Nonstandard spelling of rén.
2. Nonstandard spelling of rěn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of rèn.

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

From Old Norse hreinn

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)

1. clean
2. pure

Antonyms

• uren

Derived terms

• gullende ren
• rengjøre
• renhold
• renholder

References

• “ren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛ̃n̪]

Etymology 1

Noun

ren m anim

1. reindeer

Declension

Synonyms

• renifer

Etymology 2

From Latin rhenium

Noun

ren m inan

1. rhenium

Declension

Romanian

Un ren

Etymology

From French renne, from Swedish ren, from Old Norse hreinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ren/

Noun

ren m ‎(plural reni)

1. reindeer

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rên/

Noun

rȅn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ре̏н)

1. horseradish

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreinn ‎(noun).

Noun

ren c

1. reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension

Hyponyms

• härk c
• renko c
• rentjur c
• sarv c
• vaja c

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn ‎(“clean”), from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

Adjective

ren (comparative renare, superlative renast)

1. clean; not dirty
2. pure

Declension

Antonyms

• smutsig

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English rain.

Noun

ren

1. 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.