Meanings
reynard1
Reynard2
- A male given name.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- literarypoeticA name in European folklore for the red fox.
Reynard, in his thieving rambles, one night the summer before last visited the pleasure-gardens in Cornbury Park, and there he found and carried off a hen pheasant while sitting on her nest. The same evening a barn-door hen, with a nide of pheasants also disappeared.
1852 May, “Latitat” [pseudonym], “Anecdotes of Foxes”, in The Sportsman, London: Rogerson & Tuxford, →OCLC, page 347 - A locality in the Shire of Wellington and the Shire of Mansfield, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
reynard · noun
- Frenchrenard
- Englishreynard
From French renard.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Reynard · proper noun
- Proto-Germanic*Raginaharduz
- Middle DutchReynaerd
- Old FrenchRenart
- Middle EnglishRenard
- EnglishReynard
Inherited from Middle English Renard, from Old French Renart (Modern renard (“fox”)), influenced by Middle Dutch Reynaerd, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, from *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”) + *harduz (“hard, strong”). Compare German Reinhard, Old High German Reginhart (“strong in counsel”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Middle Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch Reinaart, Reintje
- Reinaartname in European folklore for the red fox
- Reintjename in European folklore for the red fox
Esperanto Renardo
- Renardoname in European folklore for the red fox
Finnish Mikko Repolainen
- Mikko Repolainenname in European folklore for the red fox
French Renart
- Renartname in European folklore for the red fox
German Reineke, Reineke Fuchs
- Reinekename in European folklore for the red fox
- Reineke Fuchsname in European folklore for the red fox
Italian Renart
- Renartname in European folklore for the red fox
Japanese ルナール
- ルナール (Runāru)name in European folklore for the red fox
Latin Renartus
- Renartusname in European folklore for the red fox
Russian Рена́р
- Рена́р (Renár)name in European folklore for the red fox
Scottish Gaelic gille-Màrtainn
- gille-Màrtainnname in European folklore for the red fox
Swedish Mickel räv
- Mickel rävname in European folklore for the red fox
Welsh Madyn, Madog
- Madynname in European folklore for the red fox
- Madogname in European folklore for the red fox
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
reynard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reynard
“reynard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reynard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reynard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reynard.
Source: reynard on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.