rentier

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/ˈɹɒntɪeɪ//ɹɑ̃ˈtjeɪ//ɹɛnˈtɪɚ//ˈɹɛntɪɚ/

noun

An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.

OriginFrench rentier →
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Meanings

nounrentier (plural rentiers)

plural rentiers

  1. An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.

    If today’s capitalists are mere lazy rentiers who contribute nothing to the production process, don’t they deserve to be downgraded to the status of feudal landlords?

    2022 April 13, Evgeny Morozov, “Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason”, in New Left Review, number 133/134, pages 89–126

Origin

  1. Frenchrente
  2. Frenchrentier
  3. Englishrentier

Borrowed from French rentier.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 食利者
  • 食利者 (shílìzhě)individual who receives capital income
Czech rentiér
  • rentiérindividual who receives capital income
Dutch rentenier
  • rentenierindividual who receives capital income
Estonian rantjee
  • rantjeeindividual who receives capital income
Finnish pääomatulon saaja
  • pääomatulon saajaindividual who receives capital income
French rentier, rentière
  • rentierindividual who receives capital income
  • rentièreindividual who receives capital income
German Rentier, Rentière
  • Rentierindividual who receives capital income
  • Rentièreindividual who receives capital income
Italian redditiere
  • redditiereindividual who receives capital income
Japanese 金利生活者, ランティエ
  • 金利生活者 (kinri seikatsusha)individual who receives capital income
  • ランティエ (rantie)individual who receives capital income
Polish rentier, rentierka
  • rentierindividual who receives capital income
  • rentierkaindividual who receives capital income
Portuguese rentista
  • rentistaindividual who receives capital income
Russian рантье́
  • рантье́ (rantʹjé)individual who receives capital income
Spanish rentista
  • rentistaindividual who receives capital income
Turkish rantiye
  • rantiyeindividual who receives capital income
Ukrainian рантьє́
  • рантьє́ (rantʹjé)individual who receives capital income

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

terrineReinertTerrieninerterreinter
Cite this entry
APA

rentier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rentier

MLA

“rentier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rentier. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rentier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rentier.

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