ranz des vaches

== English == === Etymology === From Swiss French ranz des vaches. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒ̃(s)deɪvaʃ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ̃(s)deɪvəʃ/ === Noun === ranz des vaches (plural ranz des vaches) (music) Any of numerous traditional Swiss melodies played on the alpenhorn, originally to call cows in from the mountains. [from 18th c.] == French == === Etymology === From Swiss variant of rang des vaches (literally “rank of the cows”), calque of dialectal German Kuhreihen, with the second element Reihen (“dance”) misinterpreted at Reihe (“row”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃ de vaʃ/, /ʁɑ̃s de vaʃ/ === Noun === ranz des vaches m (invariable) (music) ranz des vaches