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rennet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛnɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English rennet, from Old English *rynnet, *ġerynnet, from Proto-West Germanic *garunniþu (“coagulation, curdling, rennet”), cognate with Old Saxon girunnida (“a running together, coagulation”), Old High German girunnida (“rennet, coagulation”), Middle High German gerinnede (“that which is curdled”). Compare also Middle English renelesse, renels, renlys, rendlys (“rennet”), Middle Dutch rinsel, runsel (“rennet”), German Rennsel; further to Middle English irennen (“to curdle; to run”), Old English ġerennan (“to coagulate”), Old High German girunst (“rennet”), German gerinnen (“to coagulate; congeal”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.

Forms

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runnet alternative lexicographic
rennets Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

coagulant

Deriveds

rennase · renneted · rennety · cheese rennet · vegetable rennet · rennetless · rennet cheese · nonrennet · rennet stomach · rennin

Translations (107)

eo kazeigaĵo (An enzyme) · ang rynning (An enzyme) · sl sirišče (An enzyme) · da løbe (An enzyme) · dum rinsel (An enzyme) · nb løype (An enzyme) · oc presura (An enzyme) · ce шо (An enzyme) · sc cazu (An enzyme) · cpg μακάρτι (An enzyme) · co caghju (An enzyme) · el πυτιά (An enzyme) · eo kazeigilo (An enzyme) · ru ре́ннин (An enzyme) · io koagulivo (An enzyme) · nl stremsel (An enzyme) · ko 레닛 (An enzyme) · tr peynir mayası (An enzyme) · oc calhièra (An enzyme) · nn løype (An enzyme) · sh sȉrilo (An enzyme) · eu gatzagi (An enzyme) · ovd kęse (An enzyme) · an callo (An enzyme) · sq rrëndës (An enzyme) · es cuajo (An enzyme) · sq shtalp (An enzyme) · hy խախաց (An enzyme) · hy մակարդ (An enzyme) · br goedenn (An enzyme) · sc giagu (An enzyme) · pt coalho (An enzyme) · ga binid (An enzyme) · sc calladeddu (An enzyme) · cy ceuled (An enzyme) · bg сирище (An enzyme) · nds-de Stremsel (An enzyme) · an cuallo (An enzyme) · sk syridlo (An enzyme) · la coagulum (An enzyme) · br kaoul (An enzyme) · cy cywair llaeth (An enzyme) · vec càjo (An enzyme) · rm quagl (An enzyme) · lt šliužo fermentas (An enzyme) · it presame (An enzyme) · ang ċīeslyb (An enzyme) · ota پنیر مایهسی (An enzyme) · it caglio (An enzyme) · hy շրդան (An enzyme) · nv atsʼǫʼ (An enzyme) · rup cljag (An enzyme) · gl presoira (An enzyme) · sc giagàdu (An enzyme) · sv ostlöpe (An enzyme) · da osteløbe (An enzyme) · fa مایه ماست (An enzyme) · ar مِنْفَحَة (An enzyme) · pl klag (An enzyme) · de Lab (An enzyme) · sc cracu (An enzyme) · tr yoğurt mayası (for yoghurt) (An enzyme) · gl callo (An enzyme) · scn quagliu (An enzyme) · sh си̏рило (An enzyme) · ro cheag (An enzyme) · gsw Lupp (An enzyme) · sv löpe (An enzyme) · sl sirílo (An enzyme) · vec cagio (An enzyme) · fr présure (An enzyme) · sc callu (An enzyme) · tl kuwaho (An enzyme) · af stremsel (An enzyme) · scn quagghiu (An enzyme) · oc calh (An enzyme) · fi juoksute (An enzyme) · cmn 凝乳酶 (An enzyme) · dum runsel (An enzyme) · cs syřidlo (An enzyme) · fa شِیردان (An enzyme) · ca quall (An enzyme) · sdn gjuncata (An enzyme) · he מְסוֹ (An enzyme) · vec conagio (An enzyme) · vec caio (An enzyme) · gv binnid (An enzyme) · pnt μακάρτι (An enzyme) · fur cali (An enzyme) · fa پنیر مایه (An enzyme) · sdc ciaggu (An enzyme) · gv binjey (An enzyme) · eo kazigilo (An enzyme) · gsw Chaasleb (An enzyme) · sc cragu (An enzyme) · vec conajo (An enzyme) · gl presoiro (An enzyme) · mi reneti (An enzyme) · grc τάμισος (An enzyme) · ja レンネット (An enzyme) · co impresu (An enzyme) · nds-de Laff (An enzyme) · ms renet (An enzyme) · hy մերան (An enzyme) · pl podpuszczka (An enzyme) · gv binshey (An enzyme) · cy cwyrdeb (An enzyme)

rennet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛnɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Anglicized form of reinette.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of reinette.
    alt of reinette
    • The choice of treats is between a sweet mandarin orange and maybe a lumpy rennet apple. Nothing is packaged; there is only food here in this market, most of it requiring washing and chopping and cooking. 2014, Jeannie Marshall, The Lost Art of Feeding Kids: What Italy Taught Me about Why Children Need Real Food, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page ?:

Forms

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rennets Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

renneting