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4-letter words (2 found)

REIN,RINE,

3-letter words (6 found)

ERN,IRE,NIE,REI,REN,RIN,

2-letter words (5 found)

EN,ER,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from rein according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of rein

rein erin rien iren eirn iern reni erni rnei nrei enri neri rine irne rnie nrie inre nire einr ienr enir neir iner nier

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Definitions and meaning of rein

rein

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: rain, reign

Etymology 1

From Middle English rein, reyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (hold back), from re- + teneō (keep, hold). Compare modern French rêne.

Displaced native Old English ġewealdleþer (literally control leather).

Noun

rein (plural reins)

  1. A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
  2. (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

rein (third-person singular simple present reins, present participle reining, simple past and past participle reined)

  1. (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
  2. (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
  3. (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
Derived terms
  • rein in
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin rēnēs. Doublet of ren.

Noun

rein (plural reins)

  1. (now rare, archaic, chiefly in plural) A kidney.
  2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.

Anagrams

  • Erin, N.Ire., Rine, in re, rine

Bavarian

Noun

rein

  1. (Timau) rain

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch reine, from Old Dutch reini, from Proto-West Germanic *hrainī, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛi̯n/

Adjective

rein (comparative reiner, superlative reinst)

  1. (formal) clean, spotless
  2. (Netherlands) pure, sheer

Inflection

Derived terms

  • onrein

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: rein

Anagrams

  • erin, nier

Finnish

Noun

rein

  1. instructive plural of reki

Anagrams

  • Erin, erin

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rein, from Old French rein, from the plural reins, from Latin rēnes < rēn, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (an internal part of the body).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛ̃/

Noun

rein m (plural reins)

  1. (anatomy) kidney
  2. (in the plural) small of the back, waist

Derived terms

Related terms

  • rénal
  • rognon

Further reading

  • “rein”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • nier, rien

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
  • Homophone: Rhein

Etymology 1

From Middle High German reine, from Old High German reini, from Proto-West Germanic *hrainī, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz, from Proto-Indo-European *króy-n-is, from *krey- (divide, sift). Cognate with Old Saxon hreni, (Low German ren), Dutch rein, Old Norse hreinn (Swedish ren), Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, separate, decide, judge), Old Irish criathar, English riddle (sieve).

Adjective

rein (strong nominative masculine singular reiner, comparative reiner, superlative am reinsten)

  1. pure, clear, plain
Declension

Adverb

rein

  1. purely
Related terms
  • reinigen

Etymology 2

Contraction of herein (in here), or hinein (in there).

Alternative forms

  • rin

Adverb

rein

  1. (colloquial) inside, in here
    Er kommt jetzt rein.He's coming inside now.
  2. (colloquial) inside, in there
    Er geht rein zu den andern.He's going inside to the other people.
Usage notes

The standard language distinguishes the meanings of hinein (in there: away from the speaker) and herein (in here: towards the speaker). Rein is used for both meanings.

Synonyms
  • herein
  • hinein
Related terms
  • hinaus
  • heraus
  • raus

Further reading

  • “rein” in Duden online
  • “rein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “rein”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rein, reina, from Proto-Germanic *rainō. Cognate with English rean, German Rain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreiːn/
  • Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

rein f (genitive singular reinar, nominative plural reinar)

  1. strip (of land)

Declension

Derived terms

  • aðrein
  • akrein
  • frárein

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rígan (queen), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī. Cognate to Irish ríon, Scottish Gaelic rìghinn, rìbhinn, Welsh rhiain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːn/

Noun

rein f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. queen, regina
    Synonym: benrein

Derived terms

  • benrein

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rein.

Noun

rein m (plural reins)

  1. (anatomy) kidney

Descendants

  • French: rein

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rein, reins, from Latin rēn, rēnes.

Noun

rein m (plural reins)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) kidney

Related terms

  • rîngnon

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rejn/, [ɾæɪ̯n]
  • Homophone: regn

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreinn.

Alternative forms

  • ren

Adjective

rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinere, indefinite superlative reinest, definite superlative reineste)

  1. clean
  2. pure

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn.

Noun

rein m (definite singular reinen, indefinite plural reiner, definite plural reinene)

  1. a reindeer
Synonyms
  • reinsdyr
Derived terms
  • reinkalv

References

  • “rein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛɪːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreinn.

Adjective

rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinare, indefinite superlative reinast, definite superlative reinaste)

  1. clean
  2. pure

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn.

Noun

rein m (definite singular reinen, indefinite plural reinar, definite plural reinane)

  1. a reindeer, Rangifer tarandus
Synonyms
  • reinsdyr
Derived terms
  • reinkalv
  • reinsbukk

References

  • “rein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology 1

First attested in the plural as reins, from Latin rēnes, plural of the almost unused rēn.

Alternative forms

  • rain

Noun

rein oblique singularm (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular reinz, nominative plural rein)

  1. (anatomy) kidney
  2. (in the plural, reins) small of the back, lower back
Descendants
  • Middle French: rein
    • French: rein
  • Norman: rein
  • Walloon: rino, rno, rin
  • English: rein

Etymology 2

See rien

Noun

rein oblique singularf (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular rein, nominative plural reinz)

  1. Alternative form of rien

Plautdietsch

Adjective

rein

  1. clean
  2. pure, immaculate
  3. chaste

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾeˈin]

Noun

rein (nominative plural reins)

  1. rain

Declension

Synonyms

  • lömib

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

Pronunciation

  • (Clay) IPA(key): /rai̯n/
  • (Wood) IPA(key): /rɛi̯n/

Noun

rein c (no plural, diminutive reintsje)

  1. rain

Derived terms

  • reinbôge

Further reading

  • “rein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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