different between rein vs saccade

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Homophones: rain, reign

Etymology 1

From Middle English rein, reyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reyne and Old French resne (Modern French rêne), from Vulgar Latin *retina, from Classical Latin retine? (“to retain”), from re- + tene?.

Displaced native Old English ?ewealdleþer (literally “control leather”).

Noun

rein (plural reins)

1. A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
2. (figuratively) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.

Derived terms

• free rein
• keep a tight rein on
• take the reins

Translations

Verb

rein (third-person singular simple present reins, present participle reining, simple past and past participle reined)

1. (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
2. (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
3. (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
   • 2011, Marie Claire Peck, Rocking Horse Ranch (page 40)

     She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly.

Derived terms

• rein in

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin r?n?s.

Noun

rein (plural reins)

1. (now rare, archaic, chiefly in plural) A kidney.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Lamentations 3:13:

     He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.

   • My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

   • I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.

Anagrams

• Erin, N.Ire., Rine, in re, rine

Bavarian

Noun

rein

1. (Timau) rain

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch reine, from Old Dutch reini, from Proto-West Germanic *hrain?, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?i?n/

Adjective

rein (comparative reiner, superlative reinst)

1. (formal) clean, spotless
2. pure, sheer

Inflection

Derived terms

• onrein

Anagrams

• erin, nier

Finnish

Noun

rein

1. instructive plural of reki

Anagrams

• Erin, erin

French

Etymology

From Middle French rein, from Old French rein, from the plural reins, from Latin r?nes < r?n, from Proto-Italic *hr?n, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *g??ren- (“an internal part of the body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

rein m (plural reins)

1. (anatomy) kidney
2. (in the plural) small of the back, waist

Derived terms

Related terms

• rénal
• rognon

Further reading

• “rein” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• nier, rien

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?n/
• Rhymes: -a??n
• Homophone: Rhein

Etymology 1

From Middle High German reine, from Old High German reini, from Proto-West Germanic *hrain?, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz, from Proto-Indo-European *króy-n-is, from *krey- (“divide, sift”). Cognate with Old Saxon hreni, (Low German ren), Dutch rein, Old Norse hreinn (Swedish ren), Ancient Greek ?????? (kr??n?, “separate, decide, judge”), Old Irish criathar, English riddle (“sieve”).

Adjective

rein (comparative reiner, superlative am reinsten)

1. pure, clear, plain
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 24/2010, page 131:

Declension

Adverb

rein

1. purely

Related terms

• reinigen

Etymology 2

Contraction of herein (“in here”), or hinein (“in there”).

Adverb

rein

1. (colloquial) inside, in here

2. (colloquial) inside, in there

Usage notes

The standard language distinguishes the meanings of hinein (“in there: away from the speaker”) and herein (“in here: towards the speaker”). Rein is used for both meanings.

Synonyms

• herein
• hinein

Related terms

• hinaus
• heraus
• raus

Further reading

• “rein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) , “rein”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rein, reina, from Proto-Germanic *rain?. Cognate with English rean, German Rain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rei?n/
• Rhymes: -ei?n

Noun

rein f (genitive singular reinar, nominative plural reinar)

1. strip (of land)

Declension

Derived terms

• aðrein
• akrein
• frárein

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rígan (“queen”), from Proto-Celtic *r?gan?. Cognate to Irish ríon, Scottish Gaelic rìghinn, rìbhinn, Welsh rhiain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?n/

Noun

rein f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. queen, regina

Synonyms

• benrein

Derived terms

• benrein

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rein.

Noun

rein m (plural reins)

1. (anatomy) kidney

Descendants

• French: rein

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rein, reins, from Latin r?n, r?nes.

Noun

rein m (plural reins)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) kidney

Related terms

• rîngnon

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rejn/, [?æ??n]
• Homophone: regn

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreinn

Alternative forms

• ren

Adjective

rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinere, indefinite superlative reinest, definite superlative reineste)

1. clean
2. pure

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn

Noun

rein m (definite singular reinen, indefinite plural reiner, definite plural reinene)

1. a reindeer

Synonyms

• reinsdyr

Derived terms

• reinkalv

References

• “rein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræ?n/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreinn

Adjective

rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinare, indefinite superlative reinast, definite superlative reinaste)

1. clean
2. pure

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn

Noun

rein m (definite singular reinen, indefinite plural reinar, definite plural reinane)

1. a reindeer, Rangifer tarandus
   • 1855, Ivar Aasen, Ervingen:

     […] renna i Kapp med Reinen, um Raasi er tung og vaat: Dat maa ein Galning vera, som so vil fara aat.

     To race against the reindeer, if the road is soggy and wet: It must be a madman who wants to act like that.

Synonyms

• reinsdyr

Derived terms

• reinkalv
• reinsbukk

References

• “rein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology 1

First attested in the plural as reins, from Latin r?nes, plural of the almost unused r?n.

Alternative forms

• rain

Noun

rein m (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular reinz, nominative plural rein)

1. (anatomy) kidney
2. (in the plural, reins) small of the back, lower back

Descendants

• Middle French: rein
  • French: rein
• Norman: rein
• Walloon: rino, rno, rin
• ? English: rein

Etymology 2

See rien

Noun

rein f (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular rein, nominative plural reinz)

1. Alternative form of rien

Plautdietsch

Adjective

rein

1. clean
2. pure, immaculate
3. chaste

Volapük

Noun

rein (nominative plural reins)

1. rain

Declension

Synonyms

• lömib

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regn?.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /rai?n/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /r?i?n/

Noun

rein c (no plural, diminutive reintsje)

1. rain

Derived terms

• reinbôge

Further reading

• “rein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

From French saccade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k??d/

Noun

saccade (plural saccades)

1. (rare) A sudden jerking movement.
2. A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     He added the bill with a single saccade of his pulsing eyes.

   • 2000, Tim Radford, The Guardian, 21 Nov 2000:

     Then 130 milliseconds or thousandths of a second later, each made a "saccade" - an extremely fast eye movement - to roughly where the ball was likely to bounce.
3. The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
4. (music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

saccade (third-person singular simple present saccades, present participle saccading, simple past and past participle saccaded)

1. (of the eye) To make a rapid jerking movement to focus elsewhere.

See also

• eyetracking
• scanpath

Anagrams

• Cascade, cascade

French

Etymology

From saquer or its Spanish cognate sacar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.kad/

Noun

saccade f (plural saccades)

1. a jerk (jerking movement)
2. a rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another
3. the act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins

Derived terms

• ronfler par saccades

Verb

saccade

1. first-person singular present indicative of saccader
2. third-person singular present indicative of saccader
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of saccader
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of saccader
5. second-person singular imperative of saccader

Further reading

• “saccade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• accédas, cascade, cascadé