rang
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
(Received Pronunciation, General American without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈɹæŋ/
(Australian, possible æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈɹæːŋ/, [ˈɹʷæːŋ] ~ [ˈɹʷeːŋ]
(Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈɹaŋ/
(Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈɹaŋ/, (without the NG-coalescence) /ˈɹaŋɡ/
(Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɾaŋ/
(US, Canada, æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋ] ~ [ˈɹʷɛ̃ŋ]
Rhymes: -æŋ
Hyphenation: rang
Homophone: wrang
==== Verb ====
rang
simple past of ring (only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)
===== Usage notes =====
Rang and rung are incorrect for the past of ring in the sense of encircle.
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from French rang.
==== Noun ====
rang (plural rangs)
(historical) A long strip of rectangular lots of land in Quebec.
=== Anagrams ===
ARNG, Gran, NARG, gRNA, garn, gnar, gran, grna, narg
== Atong (India) ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /raŋ/
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
rang (Bengali script রাং)
a type of traditional brass drum or gong
===== See also =====
rangkha
rangsyl
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-raŋ (“rain”).
==== Noun ====
rang (Bengali script রাং)
rain
===== See also =====
rangbrym
rangbyrym
rangchinek
rangdylekpa
rangra
rangsan
=== References ===
van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French rang.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ˈraŋ]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈraŋk]
=== Noun ===
rang m (plural rangs)
rank, status
(mathematics) rank
rang d'una matriu ― rank of a matrix
row
(statistics) range
=== Further reading ===
“rang”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“rang”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rang”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Danish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French rang.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ranɡ/, [ʁɑŋˀ]
Rhymes: -ɑŋˀ
=== Noun ===
rang c (singular definite rangen, not used in plural form)
rank
precedence
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French rang.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /rɑŋ/
Rhymes: -ɑŋ
=== Noun ===
rang m (plural rangen, diminutive rangetje n)
rank
==== Derived terms ====
rangschikken
voorrang
==== Descendants ====
Negerhollands: rang
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Middle French ranc, from Old French renc, reng, ranc, rang, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle”). Cognate with Dutch ring, German Ring, English ring.
=== Pronunciation ===
(France) IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃/
(Quebec) IPA(key): /ʁã/
=== Noun ===
rang m (plural rangs)
row or line of things placed side-by-side
Synonym: rangée (objects only)
rank or position in a series or hierarchy
Synonyms: caste, classe, place, position
(knitting) a knitting course
(Canada, geography) a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road
(Canada, geography) the road serving such a series of plots
(military, uncountable) the non-officers of an army, taken as a group
==== Usage notes ====
The expression in Xth rank uses the preposition à in French: au cinquième rang (“in fifth place/rank”). See also place.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
file
ranger
==== Descendants ====
→ Catalan: rang
→ German: Rang
Haitian Creole: ran
→ Romanian: rang
→ Italian: rango
→ Piedmontese: rangh
→ Haitian Creole: ran
→ Russian: ранг (rang)
→ Sicilian: rangu, rannu
→ Spanish: rango
=== Further reading ===
“rang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Garo ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Noun ===
rang
gong
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʁaŋ/, (northern also) [ʁaŋk]
Rhymes: -aŋ
=== Verb ===
rang
first/third-person singular preterite of ringen
== Hungarian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈrɒŋɡ]
Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ
=== Noun ===
rang (plural rangok)
rank
place, standing, status (in society)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
rang in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
== Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɾˠɑŋ(ɡ)/, /ɾˠaŋ(ɡ)/, (Cois Fharraige) [ɾˠaːŋɡ]
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Old French rang (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”).
==== Noun ====
rang m (genitive singular ranga, nominative plural ranganna)
rank
(education, biology) class
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
rang f (genitive singular rainge, nominative plural ranga)
alternative form of reang (“loin”)
alternative form of reang (“scar; crease, wrinkle”)
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Noun ====
rang m (genitive singular rang, nominative plural rangaí)
alternative form of runga (“rung”)
===== Declension =====
=== Further reading ===
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “rang”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 877; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“rang”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
== Khalaj ==
=== Alternative forms ===
rəng
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Persian رنگ (rang).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [ɾaŋɡ]
=== Noun ===
rang (definite accusative rangı, plural ranglar)
colour
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
== Mandarin ==
=== Romanization ===
rang
nonstandard spelling of rāng
nonstandard spelling of ráng
nonstandard spelling of rǎng
nonstandard spelling of ràng
==== Usage notes ====
Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
== Mizo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *raŋ.
=== Adjective ===
rang (stem II ran)
fast, quick
=== Further reading ===
Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “rang”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology ===
Via German Rang from French rang
=== Noun ===
rang m (definite singular rangen, uncountable)
rank
==== Derived terms ====
annenrangs
rangstige
=== References ===
“rang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“rang_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Etymology ===
Via German Rang from French rang
=== Noun ===
rang m (definite singular rangen, uncountable)
rank
==== Derived terms ====
rangstige
=== References ===
“rang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Romani ==
=== Etymology ===
From Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga).
=== Noun ===
rang m (plural rang)
colour
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French rang.
=== Noun ===
rang n (uncountable)
rank
==== Declension ====
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Alternative forms ===
rangas, reangas, rong, rongas, rung, rungas
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse rangar (“rib”)
=== Pronunciation ===
(Lewis) IPA(key): /rˠãɣ/
=== Noun ===
rang m (plural rangan)
rung
rib, joining spar
rubbing piece on the gunwale of a boat
=== References ===
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from French rang. Cognate of German Rang, Danish rang, Dutch rang, English rank. Doublet of harang.
==== Noun ====
rang c
rank, status
top tier
en atlet av rang ― a top-tier athlete
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
göra någon rangen stridig
rangordna
rangordning
rangskillnad
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
rang
past indicative of ringa
=== Anagrams ===
garn, gran
== Tat ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Persian رَنگ (rang).
=== Noun ===
rang
color
== Uzbek ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Classical Persian رنگ (rang).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /raŋ(ɡ)/, [ræŋ̟(ɡ̟̊)], [ræ̃ŋʲ]
Hyphenation: rang
=== Noun ===
rang (plural ranglar)
color
==== Declension ====
== Vietnamese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [ʐaːŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹaːŋ˧˧]
=== Verb ===
rang • (𤎜, /⿰火揚)
to roast (usually rice, beans, black pepper, corn, etc.) in a pan; compare nướng (“to roast directly over fire or charcoal”)
== Zazaki ==
=== Etymology ===
From Persian رنگ (rang).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɾaŋɡ/
=== Noun ===
rang
color