ring

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: rĭng; IPA(key): /ɹɪŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪŋɡ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋ Homophone: wring === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range. More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)). ==== Noun ==== ring (plural rings) (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. Synonyms: annulus, hoop, torus (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc. (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop. A piece of food in the shape of a ring. onion rings;   calamari rings In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve. (vulgar) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters. (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle. A circular group of people or objects. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star. (UK) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge. A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something. (Internet) Ellipsis of webring. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest. The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring). (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle. (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card. (networking) A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== red ring ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== Gallery ===== ==== Verb ==== ring (third-person singular simple present rings, present participle ringing, simple past and past participle ringed) (transitive) To enclose or surround. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it. (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification. (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally. (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them. A. Woodley, Trio: 3 short stories Gabe said that as Derry had only caught part of the conversation, it's possible that they were discussing a film, it was bad enough that they'd unwittingly been brought into ringing cars, adding drugs into it was far more than either of them could ever be comfortable with. 2019 (10 December), Ross McCarthy, Digbeth chop shop gang jailed over £2m stolen car racket (in Birmingham Live) [3] They used two bases in Digbeth to break down luxury motors, some of which were carjacked or stolen after keys were taken in house raids. The parts were then fitted to salvaged cars bought online. […] Jailing the quartet, a judge at Birmingham Crown Court said it was a "car ringing on a commercial and substantial scale". (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle. ===== Derived terms ===== ringer ring-fence, ringfence ring in ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ryngen, from Old English hrinġan (“to ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *hringijan, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną (“to ring”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch ringen (“to ring”), Danish ringe (“to ring”), Swedish ringa (“to ring”), Faroese ringja (“to ring up, telephone”), Icelandic hringja (“to ring”), West Frisian ringelje (“to ring”), Dutch rinkelen (“to ring, jingle”), Faroese ringla (“to tinkle, jingle”). ==== Noun ==== ring (plural rings) The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something. (colloquial) A telephone call. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== ring (third-person singular simple present rings, present participle ringing, simple past rang or (nonstandard) rung, past participle rung) (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound. (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound. (transitive, colloquial, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone). (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo. (intransitive) To produce music with bells. To ring up (enter into a cash register or till) (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From a shortening of German Zahlring (“ring of numbers”), coined by German mathematician David Hilbert in 1892. Apparently first used in English in 1930, E. T. Bell, “Rings whose elements are ideals,” Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. ==== Noun ==== ring (plural rings) (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element. Synonym: rng ===== Hypernyms ===== pseudo-ring rng semiring ===== Hyponyms ===== algebra over a field commutative ring integral domain unique factorization domain, Noetherian domain principal ideal domain Euclidean domain field ===== Meronyms ===== group of units ideal ===== Derived terms ===== Boolean ring polynomial ring ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== ring (plural rings) (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences. (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection. ===== Hyponyms ===== algebra (of sets) σ-ring ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === NGRI, girn, grin == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rəŋ/ === Noun === ring (plural ringe) ring, hollow circular object == Atong (India) == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). === Noun === ring taro === References === van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. == Balinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Javanese riṅ. Compare to Javanese ꦲꦶꦁ (ing, “in, on, at”). === Preposition === ring (Balinese script ᬭᬶᬂ) (basa alus) in, at Synonym: (basa biasa) di Ring Bali wénten danu patpat: Batur, Beratan, Tambilingan miwah Buyan. ― There are four lakes in Bali: Batur, Beratan, Tambilingan and Buyan. lianan ring ― besides ring ajeng ― in front of ring arep ― in front of ring dija? ― (at) where? Ring dija ragané magenah? ― Where do you live? Ring dija ragané mekarya? ― Where do you work? ring jero ― inside ring pidan? ― when? (past time reference) Ring pidan ipun rauh? ― When did he come? ring sapunapi ― sometime(s), from time to time === Further reading === “ring”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]. == Cimbrian == === Adjective === ring (of weight) light === References === Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈrɪŋk] Rhymes: -ɪŋk Homophone: rynk === Noun === ring m inan ring (place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ring”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “ring”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /renɡ/, [ʁæŋˀ] ==== Noun ==== ring c (singular definite ringen, plural indefinite ringe) ring circle halo hoop coil ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== vielsesring === Etymology 2 === Verbal noun to ringe (“to ring”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /renɡ/, [ʁæŋˀ] ==== Noun ==== ring n (singular definite ringet, plural indefinite ring) (archaic) ring (the resonant sound of a bell, a telephone call) ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 3 === See ringe. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /renɡ/, [ʁæŋˀ] ==== Verb ==== ring imperative of ringe == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɪŋ/ Hyphenation: ring Rhymes: -ɪŋ === Noun === ring m (plural ringen, diminutive ringetje n) ring, hollow circular object (gymnastics) ring beltway, ring road (Mormonism) stake (territorial division) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: ring Negerhollands: rink, riṅ →? Aukan: linga → Indonesian: ring → Papiamentu: renchi, ringtsje (from the diminutive) === See also === kring == Estonian == === Etymology === From Middle Low German rink. Compare German Ring. See also rõngas. === Noun === ring (genitive ringi, partitive ringi) circle ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== rõngas == French == === Etymology === From English ring (sense 1) and Dutch ring (sense 2). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁiŋɡ/ === Noun === ring m (plural rings) (sports, chiefly combat sports) ring (Belgium) ring road, beltway ==== Derived terms ==== ring de boxe ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: ring === Further reading === “ring”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Garo == === Noun === ring boat == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʁɪŋ] === Verb === ring singular imperative of ringen (colloquial) first-person singular present of ringen == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈriŋɡ] Hyphenation: ring Rhymes: -iŋɡ === Etymology 1 === From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (frequentative suffix). ==== Verb ==== ring (intransitive) to swing, to rock Synonyms: billeg, inog, ingadozik, himbálózik, himbálódzik (intransitive, of a ship) to sway, to roll Synonyms: ringatózik, ringatódzik, dülöng, dülöngél, himbálódzik, himbálózik ===== Conjugation ===== or ===== Derived terms ===== ringat === Etymology 2 === From English ring. ==== Noun ==== ring (plural ringek) (dated, boxing) ring, boxing ring (space in which a boxing match is contested) Synonym: szorító ===== Declension ===== === References === === Further reading === (to roll, sway, swing): ring 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. (boxing ring): ring 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. (in economy, cf. cartel): ring 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. == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈriŋ/ [ˈriŋ] Rhymes: -iŋ Syllabification: ring === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic. ==== Noun ==== ring (plural ring-ring) (onomatopoeia) sound of bell === Etymology 2 === From Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of langsir. ==== Noun ==== ring ring, a circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. Synonyms: cincin, gelang boxing ring (colloquial) circle Synonym: lingkaran === Further reading === “ring”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Noun === ring alternative form of ryng == Mizo == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *riŋ (“loud”). ==== Adjective ==== ring (stem II rin) loud === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *riŋ (“to believe, trust”). ==== Verb ==== ring (stem II rin) to believe to trust to depend on to prepare, get ready == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. ==== Noun ==== ring m (definite singular ringen, indefinite plural ringer, definite plural ringene) ring; a circular piece of material The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ring imperative of ringe === References === “ring” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === reng (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɪŋː/ === Noun === ring m (definite singular ringen, indefinite plural ringar, definite plural ringane) ring; a circular piece of material a circle The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === ring imperative of ringja and ringa === References === “ring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old High German == === Alternative forms === hring === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hring. === Noun === ring m ring (object in the shape of a circle) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: rinc, ring German: Ring Luxembourgish: Rank Yiddish: רינג (ring) → Old Czech: rynek (see there for further descendants) → Old Polish: rynek (see there for further descendants) == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English ring. Doublet of ranga, rynek, krąg, and kręg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈriŋk/ Rhymes: -iŋk Syllabification: ring === Noun === ring m inan (related adjective ringowy) (boxing) boxing ring ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ring”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “ring”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English ring. === Noun === ring m (plural rings) alternative form of ringue == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English ring. ==== Noun ==== rȉng m inan (Cyrillic spelling ри̏нг, nominative plural rìngovi) (sports) ring (place where some sports take place, e.g. boxing) ===== Declension ===== This entry needs an inflection-table template. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German Ring. ==== Noun ==== rȉng m inan (Cyrillic spelling ри̏нг, nominative plural rìngovi) ring (worn on the finger) ===== Declension ===== This entry needs an inflection-table template. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English ring. Doublet of rancho. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrin/ [ˈrĩn] Rhymes: -in Syllabification: ring === Noun === ring m (plural rings) (boxing) ring === Further reading === “ring”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish ringer, from Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. ==== Noun ==== ring c ring; a circular piece of material The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place (mathematics) A ring, algebraic structure (mathematics) A ring, planar geometrical figure (astronomy) A ring, collection of material orbiting some planets Each of the (usually three) years in a Swedish gymnasium (highschool) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== fisring vigselring ===== Descendants ===== → Finnish: rinki === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== ring imperative of ringa === References === “ring”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “ring”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “ring”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian hring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring. Cognate with English ring, Dutch ring, Saterland Frisian Ring. === Noun === ring c (plural ringen, diminutive rinkje) ring, circle ring (jewelry) ==== Derived terms ==== ringje earring ==== Further reading ==== “ring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011 == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɪŋ/ === Noun === ring ring === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96