rennet

Also used as

rennet is also the alternative form of reinette.

rennet meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Malay and Persian

Synonyms of rennet

• renneting

Forms of rennet

Origin of rennet

From Middle English rennet, from Old English *rynnet, *ġerynnet, from Proto-West Germanic *garunniþu (“coagulation, curdling, rennet”), cognate with Old Saxon girunnida (“a running together, coagulation”), Old High German girunnida (“rennet, coagulation”), Middle High German gerinnede (“that which is curdled”). Compare also Middle English renelesse, renels, renlys, rendlys (“rennet”), Middle Dutch rinsel, runsel (“rennet”), German Rennsel; further to Middle English irennen (“to curdle; to run”), Old English ġerennan (“to coagulate”), Old High German girunst (“rennet”), German gerinnen (“to coagulate; congeal”).

Anglicized form of reinette.

Words formed from rennet

• cheese rennet
• nonrennet
• rennase
• rennet cheese
• renneted
• rennetless
• rennet stomach
• rennety
• rennin
• vegetable rennet

Phrases with rennet

• rennet cheeses
• rennet stomachs

Words that rhyme with rennet

• senate
• genet
• jennet
• tenet

Questions about rennet

What does rennet mean?

Rennet means an enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.

What is rennet in Tagalog?

Rennet in Tagalog is kuwaho. See Rennet meaning in Tagalog.

What part of speech is rennet?

Rennet is a noun.

How do you pronounce rennet?

Rennet is pronounced /ˈɹɛnɪt/.

What is the plural of rennet?

The plural of rennet is rennets.