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English
Noun
rens
- plural of ren
Anagrams
Atong (India)
Etymology
From English wrench.
Pronunciation
Noun
rens (Bengali script রেন্স)
- wrench
References
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese rẽes (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēnes (“kidneys”). Cognate with Portuguese rim, rins.
Pronunciation
Noun
rens m pl (plural only)
- small of the back
- Synonyms: cadrís, lombo
1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 191:reerás primeiramente os lombos ou as rẽes do cavalo- you will first shave the horse's back and the smalls of the back
Usage notes
It was feminine in the Middle Ages.
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “re_es”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “reens”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rens”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rens”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of reor.
Participle
rēns (genitive rentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- reckoning
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
rens
- imperative of rense
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from rensa (“remove undesired things”). Attested since 1860.
Noun
rens n
- refuse from cleaning something out, especially a fish, i.e. fish guts
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
rens
- indefinite genitive singular of ren
References