aren

• arn

From Middle English aren, from Old English earon, earun, present plural indicative of Old English bēon (“to be”). Equivalent to are +‎ -en. More at are.

aren

1. (obsolete or dialectal) first-person plural simple present of be
2. (obsolete or dialectal) second-person plural simple present of be
   • 2007, Theresa Kishkan, Phantom Limb, page 154:

     “Ye're not Irish, aren ye?” “No, we're from Canada.”

3. (obsolete or dialectal) third-person plural simple present of be

• IPA^(key): [ˈarɛn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈarɛːn]

aren m inan

1. (organic chemistry) arene

aren c

1. definite singular of ar

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aren

1. plural of aar
2. plural of are

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦫꦺꦤ꧀ (arèn), from Old Javanese haryan, aryan (“areca palm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rɛn/
• Rhymes: -ren, -en

aren (Jawi spelling ارين, plural aren-aren)

1. sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)

   Synonyms: enau, kabung

• “aren” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Old English earon, earun, aron, alternative present plural of wesan (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *arun, an innovated third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”).

• are, ere, eren

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːrən/, /ˈarən/

aren

1. plural present indicative of been

The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

• English: are
• Scots: are

aren

1. (Ormulum) alternative form of oren

From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃ln.

aren f

1. (anatomy) elbow

• enîşk

aren

1. inflection of arar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

aren

1. definite plural of ar

• -erna, Arne, Enar, Erna, enar, eran, rean, rena

From Middle Welsh arenn, from Proto-Celtic *ārū. Cognate with Old Irish áru and perhaps more distantly with Hittite [Term?] (/⁠ḫaḫri-⁠/), Latin rēn, and Tocharian A āriñc (“heart”).^[1]

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈarɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaːrɛn/, /ˈarɛn/
• Rhymes: -arɛn

aren f (plural arennau)

1. kidney

• uwcharennol (“suprarenal, adrenal”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aren”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies