adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹiː.nəl/
General-American:/ˈɹi.nəl/
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rhymes with -iːnəl
CMU ARPABET:R IY1 N AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the kidneys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, relational
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
renal transplant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nephric, nephritic
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to the kidneys
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nephritic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin rēn Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal Learned borrowing from Late Latin renalis, from Latin rēnēs (“kidneys”).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
كُلْوِيّ
(kulwiyy)
— pertaining to the kidneys
Belarusian:
ныркавы́
(nyrkavý)
— pertaining to the kidneys
Bulgarian:
бъ́бречен
(bǎ́brečen)
— pertaining to the kidneys
Catalan:
renal
— pertaining to the kidneys
Czech:
ledvinový
— pertaining to the kidneys
Czech:
renální
— pertaining to the kidneys
Dutch:
renaal
— pertaining to the kidneys
Esperanto:
rena
— pertaining to the kidneys
Finnish:
munuais-
— pertaining to the kidneys
French:
rénal
— pertaining to the kidneys
Galician:
renal
— pertaining to the kidneys
German:
renal
— pertaining to the kidneys
German:
Nieren-
— pertaining to the kidneys
Greek:
νεφρικός
(Greek: nefrikós)
— pertaining to the kidneys
Hungarian:
vese-
— pertaining to the kidneys
Irish:
duánach
— pertaining to the kidneys
Italian:
renale
— pertaining to the kidneys
Kazakh:
бүйректік
(büirektık)
— pertaining to the kidneys
Macedonian:
бубрежен
(bubrežen)
— pertaining to the kidneys
Manx:
aareydagh
— pertaining to the kidneys
Māori:
a ngā tākihi
— pertaining to the kidneys
Māori:
o ngā tākihi
— pertaining to the kidneys
Māori:
tākihi
— pertaining to the kidneys
Polish:
nerkowy
— pertaining to the kidneys
Portuguese:
renal
— pertaining to the kidneys
Romanian:
renal
— pertaining to the kidneys
Russian:
по́чечный
(póčečnyj)
— pertaining to the kidneys
Serbo-Croatian:
бу̀брежнӣ
— pertaining to the kidneys
Serbo-Croatian:
bùbrežnī
— pertaining to the kidneys
Slovak:
obličkový
— pertaining to the kidneys
Slovene:
ledvičen
— pertaining to the kidneys
Spanish:
renal
— pertaining to the kidneys
Spanish:
nefrítico
— pertaining to the kidneys
Swedish:
renal
— pertaining to the kidneys
Swedish:
njur-
— pertaining to the kidneys
Ukrainian:
ниркови́й
(nyrkovýj)
— pertaining to the kidneys
