B1🏥 Medical
Italian word
rene
kidney
Looks like
rein (French for kidney)
no direct English cognate from 'rene'
⚠️ The trap
'Renale' (renal) aligns with English medical vocabulary. But 'rene' alone has no obvious English match. Learners confuse 'rene' (kidney) with 'reni' (the lower back/kidneys colloquially). 'Mi fanno male i reni' can mean both 'my kidneys hurt' and 'my lower back hurts'.
To say "no direct English cognate from 'rene'" in Italian:
rene (correct)
"rene" in English means:
kidney
Example
"Ha un calcolo renale che causa molto dolore."
"He has a kidney stone that's causing a lot of pain."
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