rendere

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere. The past participle was contaminated by Latin prehensus (of unrelated prehendere), with the past historic altered by analogy to prendere (past historic presi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛn.de.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: rèn‧de‧re

Verb

rèndere (first-person singular present rèndo, first-person singular past historic rési, past participle réso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to give back, to return
    Synonym: restituire
  2. (transitive) to yield (a return etc.)
  3. (transitive) to render
  4. (transitive) to send or make
  5. (intransitive) to be profitable [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Including lesser-used forms:

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ rendere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

  • rendere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana