rens

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English

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Noun

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rens

  1. plural of ren

Anagrams

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Atong (India)

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Etymology

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From English wrench.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rens (Bengali script রেন্স)

  1. wrench

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese rẽes (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēnes (kidneys). Cognate with Portuguese rim, rins.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rens m pl (plural only)

  1. 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

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It was feminine in the Middle Ages.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present participle of reor.

Participle

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rēns (genitive rentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. reckoning

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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rens

  1. imperative of rense

Swedish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from rensa (remove undesired things). Attested since 1860.

Noun

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rens n

  1. refuse from cleaning something out, especially a fish, i.e. fish guts

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Noun

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rens

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ren

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