rens

English

Noun

rens

  1. plural of ren

Anagrams

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English wrench.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rens/

Noun

rens (Bengali script রেন্স)

  1. wrench

References

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈreŋs/

Noun

rens m pl

  1. small of the back
    • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala (ed.), 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
    Synonyms: cadrís, lombo

Usage notes

It was feminine in the Middle Ages.

Derived terms

References
  • “re_es” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “reens” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “rens” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “rens” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of reor.

Participle

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

  1. reckoning

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative rēns rentēs rentia
Genitive rentis rentium
Dative rentī rentibus
Accusative rentem rēns rentēs
rentīs		 rentia
Ablative rente
rentī1		 rentibus
Vocative rēns rentēs rentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rens

  1. imperative of rense

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

rens n

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

Declension
Declension of rens 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative rens renset — —
Genitive renss rensets — —

Derived terms

Noun

rens

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ren.

References
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