rein

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• /ɹeɪn/
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• homophone: rain
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• homophone: reign
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* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rein, comparable to the first element of several surnames such as Reinhardt, Reinbold, etc., from Proto-Germanic *raginą. * As an English surname, variant of Rain. Possibly also a habitational surname related to Rhine.

From Middle English rein, reyne, from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne. Displaced native Old English brīdel (“bridle, rein”), Old English wealdleþer, ġewealdleþer (“rein, bridle”, literally “control strap”), Old English sāl (“cord, rein”), Old English tiġel (“rein”), and Old English lāttēh, lāttēh (“leash, rein”).

From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin rēnēs. Doublet of ren.

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: fre — strap or rope
• Southern Altai: тискин (tiskin) — strap or rope
• Arabic: زِمَام (zimām) — strap or rope
• Arabic: عِنَان (ʕinān) — strap or rope
• Armenian: երասան (erasan) — strap or rope
• Armenian: երասանակ (erasanak) — strap or rope
• Armenian: պախուրց (paxurcʻ) — strap or rope
• Armenian: սանձ (sanj) — strap or rope
• Asturian: riendes — strap or rope
• Azerbaijani: cilov — strap or rope
• Bashkir: дилбегә (dilbegə) — strap or rope
• Belarusian: по́вад (póvad) — strap or rope
• Belarusian: ле́йцы (ljéjcy) — strap or rope
• Bengali: লাগাম (lagam) — strap or rope
• Bulgarian: по́вод (póvod) — strap or rope
• Bulgarian: юзда́ (juzdá) — strap or rope
• Catalan: regna — strap or rope
• Chinese Mandarin: 韁繩 /缰绳 (jiāngshéng) — strap or rope
• Czech: otěž — strap or rope
• Czech: uzda — strap or rope
• Danish: tømme — strap or rope
• Danish: tøjle — strap or rope
• Dutch: teugel — strap or rope
• Esperanto: gvidrimeno — strap or rope
• Estonian: ohi — strap or rope
• Estonian: ratsmed — strap or rope
• Finnish: ohja — strap or rope
• Finnish: ohjas — strap or rope
• French: rêne — strap or rope
• West-Frisian: leie — strap or rope
• West-Frisian: jaling — strap or rope
• Friulian: rèdine — strap or rope
• Galician: renda — strap or rope
• Galician: rédea — strap or rope
• Georgian: აღვირი (aɣviri) — strap or rope
• German: Zügel — strap or rope
• Greek: ηνίο (inío) — strap or rope
• Ancient Greek: ἡνίᾱ (hēníā) — strap or rope
• Hungarian: gyeplő — strap or rope
• Ido: reino — strap or rope
• Italian: redine — strap or rope
• Italian: briglia — strap or rope
• Japanese: 手綱 (tazuna) — strap or rope
• Kazakh: делбе (delbe) — strap or rope
• Kazakh: тізгін (tızgın) — strap or rope
• Khmer: ខ្សែបង្ហៀរ (khsae bɑɑbɑnghiə) — strap or rope
• Korean: 고삐 (goppi) — strap or rope
• Kyrgyz: тизгин (tizgin) — strap or rope
• Lao: ແຄ່ມ (khǣm) — strap or rope
• Lao: ໃຫຍ້ (h) — strap or rope
• Latin: lōrum — strap or rope
• Latin: retina — strap or rope
• Latvian: pavada — strap or rope
• Lithuanian: pavadis — strap or rope
• Macedonian: по́вод (póvod) — strap or rope
• Macedonian: узда (uzda) — strap or rope
• Macedonian: дизгин (dizgin) — strap or rope
• Macedonian: по́водник (póvodnik) — strap or rope
• Manchu: ᠴᡳᠯᠪᡠᡵᡳ (cilburi) — strap or rope
• Manchu: ᠶᠠᡵᡶᡠᠨ (yarfun) — strap or rope
• Māori: reina — strap or rope
• Mongolian: жолоо (žoloo) — strap or rope
• Mongolian: цулбуур (culbuur) — strap or rope
• Norwegian Bokmål: tøyle — strap or rope
• Norwegian Bokmål: tømme — strap or rope
• Occitan: retna — strap or rope
• Occitan: guida — strap or rope
• Old English: ġewealdleþer — strap or rope
• Persian: افسار (afsâr) — strap or rope
• Persian: دوال (davâl) — strap or rope
• Persian: پالهنگ (pâlhang) — strap or rope
• Polish: wodze — strap or rope
• Polish: lejce — strap or rope
• Polish: cugiel — strap or rope
• Portuguese: rédea — strap or rope
• Romanian: frâu — strap or rope
• Russian: по́вод (póvod) — strap or rope
• Russian: пово́дья (povódʹja) — strap or rope
• Russian: бразды́ (brazdý) — strap or rope
• Russian: вожжа́ (vožžá) — strap or rope
• Russian: во́жжи (vóžži) — strap or rope
• Russian: узда́ (uzdá) — strap or rope
• Salar: çulur — strap or rope
• Scottish Gaelic: srian — strap or rope
• Serbo-Croatian: у́зда — strap or rope
• Serbo-Croatian: дизгин — strap or rope
• Serbo-Croatian: úzda — strap or rope
• Serbo-Croatian: dizgin — strap or rope
• Slovak: uzda — strap or rope
• Slovak: liace — strap or rope
• Slovene: vajeti — strap or rope
• Spanish: rienda — strap or rope
• Swedish: tygel — strap or rope
• Swedish: töm — strap or rope
• Tagalog: renda — strap or rope
• Tajik: афсор (afsor) — strap or rope
• Tajik: давол (davol) — strap or rope
• Tajik: полҳанг (polhang) — strap or rope
• Tatar: дилбегә (dilbegä) — strap or rope
• Thai: บังเหียน (bang-hǐian) — strap or rope
• Turkish: dizgin — strap or rope
• Turkish: yular — strap or rope
• Turkish: çetgen — strap or rope
• Ottoman Turkish: دیزكین (dizgin) — strap or rope
• Ottoman Turkish: زمام (zimam) — strap or rope
• Ukrainian: по́від (póvid) — strap or rope
• Ukrainian: ві́жка (vížka) — strap or rope
• Uzbek: tizgin — strap or rope
• Venetan: redena — strap or rope
• Vietnamese: dây cương — strap or rope
• Catalan: sofrenar — to direct or stop a horse using reins
• Dutch: besturen — to direct or stop a horse using reins
• Finnish: ohjastaa — to direct or stop a horse using reins
• Finnish: pysäyttää — to direct or stop a horse using reins
• German: zügeln — to direct or stop a horse using reins
• Swedish: tygla — to direct or stop a horse using reins
• Tagalog: rumenda — to direct or stop a horse using reins
• Tagalog: rendahan — to direct or stop a horse using reins
• Catalan: refrenar — to restrain, control
• Finnish: suitsia — to restrain, control
• German: zügeln — to restrain, control
• German: bremsen — to restrain, control