René

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rene"

Czech

Etymology

Derived from French René.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛnɛː]

Proper noun

René m anim

1. a male given name from French

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

Alternative forms

• Rene

Etymology

From French René.

Proper noun

René

1. a male given name from French

French

Etymology

From Latin Renātus, name of a legendary 5th century French saint, from renātus (“reborn”), with identical meaning in French (rené).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ne/

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Proper noun

René m

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Renée

Anagrams

• néré

German

Etymology

From French René.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁeˈneː/, /ˈʁɛne/
• Initial stress is fairly rare in isolation, but common when followed by a surname that also has initial stress.

Proper noun

René m (proper noun, strong, genitive Renés or (with an article) René)

1. a male given name from French

Related terms

• Renate

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from French René.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛnɛː/

Proper noun

René m pers (genitive singular Reného, nominative plural Renéovia, declension pattern of kuli)

1. a male given name from French

Declension

Declension of René

	singular	plural
nominative	René	Renéovia
genitive	Reného	Renéov
dative	Renému	Renéom
accusative	Reného	Renéov
locative	Reném	Renéoch
instrumental	Reném	Renéami

Further reading

• “René”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French René. Doublet of Renato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈne/ [reˈne]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: Re‧né

Proper noun

René m

1. a male given name from French