aren

See also: åren, ären, and Ären

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈarɛn]
  • IPA(key): [ˈarɛːn]

Noun

aren m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) arene

Declension

Danish

Noun

aren c

  1. definite singular of ar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

aren

  1. plural of aar
  2. plural of are

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦫꦺꦤ꧀ (arén).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.rɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ren, -en

Noun

aren (Jawi spelling ارين, plural aren-aren, informal 1st possessive arenku, 2nd possessive arenmu, 3rd possessive arennya)

  1. sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
    Synonyms: enau, kabung

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English earon, earun, arun, alternative present plural of wesan (to be), from Proto-Germanic *arun, an innovated third-person present plural of *beuną (to be, become).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːrən/, /ˈarən/

Verb

aren

  1. plural present indicative of been
Usage notes

The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

Descendants
  • English: are

Verb

aren

  1. (Ormulum) Alternative form of oren

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃ln.

Noun

aren f

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Synonyms

Spanish

Verb

aren

  1. inflection of arar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

aren

  1. definite plural of ar

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh arenn, from Proto-Celtic *ārū. Cognate with Old Irish áru and perhaps more distantly with Hittite [Term?] (/⁠ḫaḫri-⁠/), Latin rēn, and Tocharian A āriñc (heart).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aren f (plural arennau)

  1. kidney

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
aren unchanged unchanged haren
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*āron-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aren”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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