Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ren. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ren.
Definitions and meaning of ren
ren
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɹɛn/
Etymology 1
From Latinren.
Noun
ren (pluralrenes)
(anatomy) A kidney.
Related terms
renal
Translations
Etymology 2
From Egyptianrn,
Noun
ren (pluralrens)
(Egyptian mythology) One’s 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-, Ern, NRE, RNE, ern, ner
Albanian
Alternative forms
rên, rêu, rêj, rê(Gheg)
re(Standard Albanian)
Etymology
The Tosk (Çamërisht, Arbëreshë/Arvanite) and also Old Albanian form of Standard Albanian re(“cloud, clouds”).
Noun
renf
cloud(s)
haze, mist
overcast
Related terms
ref
rij, ritë
vrenjt
vrenjtur
vrëndëf
vranësif
rend
përruam, përruem
përrenjm, përronjm
References
Catalan
Etymology
From Frenchrenne.
Pronunciation
(Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈrən/
(Central) IPA(key): /ˈrɛn/
(Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈren/
Noun
renm (pluralrens)
reindeer
Chuukese
Preposition
ren
with (third person singular)
Cimbrian
Verb
ren
to speak
to talk
References
Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /reːˀn/, [ˈʁæˀn]
Etymology 1
From Old Norsehreinnm, from Proto-Germanic*hrainaz, cognate with Norwegianrein, Swedishren, Old Englishhrān.
(rare) a strip of unplowed land serving as a boundary between estates
Synonym:agerren
Declension
Derived terms
agerren
References
“ren,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
From Old Norsehreinn(“clean”), from Proto-Germanic*hrainiz, cognate with Norwegianrein, Swedishren, Germanrein, Gothic𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃(hrains).
Adjective
ren (neuterrent, plural and definite singular attributiverene)
clean(without dirt)
pure, mere, sheer(without any added elements)
pure(morally)
Inflection
Derived terms
References
“ren,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /rɛn/
Hyphenation: ren
Rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchrinne, renne.
Noun
renf (pluralrennen, diminutiverennetjen)
A run; an enclosed area where small or mid-sized livestock such as poultry are kept.
Derived terms
hoenderren
kippenren
konijnenren
varkensren
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ren
first-person singular present indicative of rennen
imperative of rennen
Galician
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ren, from Latinrēsnāta, neutral plural of rēsnātum, Latinno things.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈreŋ/
Pronoun
ren
nothing
Synonyms
nada
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From Frenchrein(“kidney”)
Noun
ren
kidney
Interlingua
Noun
ren (pluralrenes)
kidney
Japanese
Romanization
ren
Rōmaji transcription of れん
Latin
Alternative forms
rien
Etymology
From Proto-Italic*hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰren-(“an internal part of the body”), related to Ancient Greekφρήν(phrḗn, “heart, midriff, mind”) and Tocharian cognates.
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /reːn/, [reːn]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ren/, [rɛn]
Noun
rēnm (genitiverēnis); third declension
(chiefly in the plural) kidney
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
rēnālis
rēniculus
rēnunculus
Descendants
Eastern Romance:
Romanian: rână
Interlingua: ren
Italian: rene
Navarro-Aragonese:
⇒ Aragonese: renera
Old French: rein, rain
Middle French: rein
French: rein
Norman: rein
Walloon: rino, rno, rin
→ English: rein
Old Occitan:
Occitan: ren
Old Portuguese: rẽes(from the plural)
Galician: rens, res(from the plural)
Portuguese: rim
Old Spanish:
Spanish: rene
Sardinian: arrene, rene
Sicilian: rini
Venetian: reno
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēnile
Old Portuguese: *rẽil
Galician: ril, rinle
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēniō (see there for further descendants)
→ Gheg Albanian: rrâni
References
Further reading
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
ren in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Mandarin
Romanization
ren
Nonstandard spelling of rén.
Nonstandard spelling of rěn.
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.