Meanings
rennet1
rennet2
plural rennets
- alternativeAlternative form of reinette.
The choice of treats is between a sweet mandarin orange and maybe a lumpy rennet apple. Nothing is packaged; there is only food here in this market, most of it requiring washing and chopping and cooking.
2014, Jeannie Marshall, The Lost Art of Feeding Kids: What Italy Taught Me about Why Children Need Real Food, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page ?Synonyms: renneting
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
rennet · noun
- Proto-West Germanic*garunniþu“coagulation, curdling, rennet”
- Old English*rynnet
- Middle Englishrennet
- Englishrennet
From Middle English rennet, from Old English *rynnet, *ġerynnet, from Proto-West Germanic *garunniþu (“coagulation, curdling, rennet”), cognate with Old Saxon girunnida (“a running together, coagulation”), Old High German girunnida (“rennet, coagulation”), Middle High German gerinnede (“that which is curdled”). Compare also Middle English renelesse, renels, renlys, rendlys (“rennet”), Middle Dutch rinsel, runsel (“rennet”), German Rennsel; further to Middle English irennen (“to curdle; to run”), Old English ġerennan (“to coagulate”), Old High German girunst (“rennet”), German gerinnen (“to coagulate; congeal”).
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- stremselAn enzyme
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- τάμισος (támisos)An enzyme
Arabic مِنْفَحَة
- مِنْفَحَة (minfaḥa)An enzyme
Basque gatzagi
- gatzagiAn enzyme
Bulgarian сирище
- сирище (sirište)An enzyme
Catalan quall
- quallAn enzyme
Chinese Mandarin 凝乳酶
- 凝乳酶 (níngrǔméi)An enzyme
Czech syřidlo
- syřidloAn enzyme
Danish osteløbe, løbe
- osteløbeAn enzyme
- løbeAn enzyme
Dutch stremsel
- stremselAn enzyme
Esperanto kazeigaĵo, kazeigilo
- kazeigaĵoAn enzyme
- kazeigiloAn enzyme
- kazigiloAn enzyme
Finnish juoksute
- juoksuteAn enzyme
French présure
- présureAn enzyme
German Lab
- LabAn enzyme
Greek πυτιά
- πυτιά (pytiá)An enzyme
Hebrew מְסוֹ
- מְסוֹ (mso)An enzyme
Irish binid
- binidAn enzyme
Italian caglio, presame
- caglioAn enzyme
- presameAn enzyme
Japanese レンネット
- レンネット (rennetto)An enzyme
Korean 레닛
- 레닛 (renit)An enzyme
Latin coagulum
- coagulumAn enzyme
Lithuanian šliužo fermentas
- šliužo fermentasAn enzyme
Malay renet
- renetAn enzyme
Māori reneti
- renetiAn enzyme
Norwegian Bokmål løype
- løypeAn enzyme
Persian مایه ماست, پنیر مایه
- مایه ماستAn enzyme
- پنیر مایهAn enzyme
- شِیردانAn enzyme
Polish podpuszczka, klag
- podpuszczkaAn enzyme
- klagAn enzyme
Portuguese coalho
- coalhoAn enzyme
Romanian cheag
- cheagAn enzyme
Russian ре́ннин
- ре́ннин (rénnin)An enzyme
Slovak syridlo
- syridloAn enzyme
Spanish cuajo
- cuajoAn enzyme
Swedish löpe, ostlöpe
- löpeAn enzyme
- ostlöpeAn enzyme
Tagalog kuwaho
- kuwahoAn enzyme
Turkish peynir mayası, yoğurt mayası (for yoghurt)
- peynir mayasıAn enzyme
- yoğurt mayası (for yoghurt)An enzyme
Welsh ceuled, cwyrdeb
- ceuledAn enzyme
- cwyrdebAn enzyme
- cywair llaethAn enzyme
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rennet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rennet
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