Ren
WiktionaryText
Noun
- One's secret name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology.
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- 1983: For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back. — Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings
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Noun
Noun
(plural: rennen, diminutive: rennetje)
- The place where chicken are kept. Chicken run
Noun
Pinyin syllable
ren
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, rén, rěn, or rèn.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.