Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

renay

/ɹɪˈneɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: re-nay
IPA: /ɹɪˈneɪ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To take back, to recant (something one says or believes).

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To reject, to deny the truth of (a statement).

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] Mammolukes and Geniſaries about yͤ Turk and Sowdã [Sowdan, i.e., Sudan], haue vſed to chriſten their children of purpoſe, that by the renayĩg [renaying] of their fayth, after, they might be made Mammolukes or Geniſaries, as theyr fathers were, and may be had the more in eſtimacion & fauour about the greate Turke, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English reneye, from Old French reneier, French renier, renier, from Latin re- (“re-”) + negare (“to deny”). See renegade. Doublet of renege and related to deny.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: reneye, reneier, renier, re-

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

renays (present, singular) renaying (participle, present) renayed (participle, past) renayed (past) reney (alternative) reny (alternative)

Rhymes With

they me way may day say all-day away play day by day today pay

Questions

How do you pronounce renay?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈneɪ/.
What does renay mean?: To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
Where does renay come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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