ren

ren · noun¹

1. Latin · learned borrowing fromrēn
2. English todayren

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

ren · noun²

1. Egyptian · learned borrowing fromrn
2. English todayren

Learned borrowing from Egyptian rn, r:n-A2

ren · noun³

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

Ren · proper noun⁴

1. Chinese · borrowed from妊
2. English todayRen

From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 妊 (Rèn), an ancient surname also used as an adjective meaning "pregnant". Doublet of Jen.

Words from the same roots