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reno

/ˈɹɛnoʊ/

reno is the clipping of renovation.

reno is the clipping of renovate.

Meaning of renovation

Noun

renovation (countable and uncountable, plural renovations)

  1. An act, or the process, of renovating.
    • Meronyms: (building renovation) demo, demolition, rebuilding
    Synonyms:
    reno, remodeling
  2. A regeneration.

Meaning of renovate

Verb

renovate (third-person singular simple present renovates, present participle renovating, simple past and past participle renovated)

  1. (transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
    • This house is shabby: it needs renovating.
    Synonyms:
    vamp up
  2. (transitive) To restore to freshness or vigor.
    • All shall relent
      Who hear me—tears as mine have flowed, shall flow,
      Hearts beat as mine now beats, with such intent
      As renovates the world; a will omnipotent! […]
      And power shall then abound, and hope arise once more.1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Reno

IPA/ˈriːnoʊ/

Reno (countable and uncountable, plural Renos)

  1. A large city, the county seat of Washoe County, in northwestern Nevada, United States.
  2. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Reno

IPA/ˈriːnoʊ/

Reno (countable and uncountable, plural Renos)

  1. A river in northeastern Italy.
  2. A locality in the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A surname.

Forms of reno

Noun
pluralrenos
Verb
third-person singular presentrenos
present participlerenoing
past participlerenoed
pastrenoed
Proper noun
pluralRenos

Origin of reno

Named after U.S. officer Jesse L. Reno, whose surname's spelling was changed from Renault.

Words formed from reno

Phrases with reno

Words that rhyme with reno

Questions about reno

What does reno mean?
Reno means a large city, the county seat of Washoe County, in northwestern Nevada, United States.
What is reno the clipping of?
Reno is the clipping of renovation.
What part of speech is reno?
Reno is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce reno?
Reno is pronounced /ˈɹɛnoʊ/.

Words near reno in the dictionary

  1. Rennoldson
  2. Rennos
  3. Renns
  4. renny
  5. Rennys
  6. reno
  7. Reno County
  8. Reno divorce
  9. Reno divorces
  10. reno-
  11. Renoan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reno (page history and authors); Reno (page history and authors); renovation (page history and authors); renovate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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