"Ren" meaning in English

See Ren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /rɛn/
Head templates: {{en-prop}} Ren
  1. (informal) Clipping of Renaissance, particularly in the context of Renaissance fairs. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: Renaissance, particularly in the context of Renaissance fairs
    Sense id: en-Ren-en-name-9DW2ksiz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 55 24 8 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 16 6 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /rɛn/
Etymology: From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 妊 (Rèn), an ancient surname also used as an adjective meaning "pregnant". Doublet of Jen. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{bor|en|zh|妊|tr=Rèn}} Chinese 妊 (Rèn), {{doublet|en|Jen}} Doublet of Jen Head templates: {{en-prop}} Ren
  1. A surname from Chinese.
    Sense id: en-Ren-en-name-4TuPt0~5 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        "(informal) Clipping of Renaissance, particularly in the context of Renaissance fairs."
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