Meaning

3 senses

  1. A kidney.

  2. (Egyptian)One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology.

  3. (neologism, slang)A non-binary parent.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. René's fingers are caught in the door.

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  2. "I think, therefore I am," said René Descartes.

    de„Ich denke, also bin ich“, sagte René Descartes.

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  3. By the way, Ren. Should I take your hand? Every year you wander off.

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  4. "Draags, Oms" are allusions to Fantastic Planet (La planète sauvage) by René Laloux.

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  5. René Descartes is the father of analytical thinking.

    deRené Descartes ist der Vater des analytischen Denkens.

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rēn. Doublet of rein (“kidney”). Learned borrowing from Egyp

Learned borrowing from Latin rēn. Doublet of rein (“kidney”).

Learned borrowing from Egyptian rn, r:n-A2

From the third to fifth letters of the word “parent.”

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Forms

plural: renes / rens
Singularren
Pluralrenes / rens

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrenal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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