rang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rang"

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæŋ/
(Australian, possible æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæːŋ/, [ˈɹʷæːŋ] ~ [ˈɹʷeːŋ]
- Audio (Australian); [ˈɹʷæːŋ]: (file)
(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]
- Audio (US): (file)
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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-raŋ (“rain”).

Noun

rang (Bengali script রাং)

rain

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ranɡ/, [ʁɑŋˀ]
Rhymes: -ɑŋˀ

Noun

rang c (singular definite rangen, not used in plural form)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɑŋ/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Noun

rang m (plural rangen, diminutive rangetje n)

rank

Derived terms

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/
Audio: (file)
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

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

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]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ

Noun

rang (plural rangok)

rank
place, standing, status (in society)

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-o-*, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rang	rangok
accusative	rangot	rangokat
dative	rangnak	rangoknak
instrumental	ranggal	rangokkal
causal-final	rangért	rangokért
translative	ranggá	rangokká
terminative	rangig	rangokig
essive-formal	rangként	rangokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rangban	rangokban
superessive	rangon	rangokon
adessive	rangnál	rangoknál
illative	rangba	rangokba
sublative	rangra	rangokra
allative	ranghoz	rangokhoz
elative	rangból	rangokból
delative	rangról	rangokról
ablative	rangtól	rangoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	rangé	rangoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	rangéi	rangokéi

Possessive forms of *rang*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rangom	rangjaim
2nd person sing.	rangod	rangjaid
3rd person sing.	rangja	rangjai
1st person plural	rangunk	rangjaink
2nd person plural	rangotok	rangjaitok
3rd person plural	rangjuk	rangjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

ranglétra

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

Declension of rang (third declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	rang	ranganna
vocative	a rang	a ranganna
genitive	ranga	ranganna
dative	rang	ranganna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an rang	na ranganna
genitive	an ranga	na ranganna
dative	leis an rang don rang	leis na ranganna

Derived terms

ardrang (“senior class”)
bunrang (“beginner class”)
máistir-rang (“masterclass”)
rang teagaisc (“tutorial; teaching session”)
rangaigh (“classify; grade, assort”, verb)
rangóir m (“ranker”)

Etymology 2

Noun

rang f (genitive singular rainge, nominative plural ranga)

alternative form of reang (“loin”)
alternative form of reang (“scar; crease, wrinkle”)

Declension

Declension of rang (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	rang	ranga
vocative	a rang	a ranga
genitive	rainge	rang
dative	rang raing (archaic, dialectal)	ranga

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an rang	na ranga
genitive	na rainge	na rang
dative	leis an rang leis an raing (archaic, dialectal) don rang don raing (archaic, dialectal)	leis na ranga

Etymology 3

Noun

rang m (genitive singular rang, nominative plural rangaí)

alternative form of runga (“rung”)

Declension

Declension of rang (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	rang	rangaí
vocative	a rang	a rangaí
genitive	rang	rangaí
dative	rang	rangaí

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an rang	na rangaí
genitive	an rang	na rangaí
dative	leis an rang don rang	leis na rangaí

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		رَنگ

Alternative forms

rəng

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (rang).

Pronunciation

(Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [ɾaŋɡ]

Noun

rang (definite accusative rangı, plural ranglar)

colour

Declension

Declension of *rang*
	singular	plural
nominative	rang	ranglar
genitive	rangııñ	ranglarııñ
dative	rangqa	ranglarqa
definite accusative	rangı	rangları
locative	rangça	ranglarça
ablative	rangda	ranglarda
instrumental	rangla	ranglarla
equative	rangvâra	ranglarvâra

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Via German Rang from French rang

Noun

rang m (definite singular rangen, uncountable)

rank

Derived terms

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

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	rang	rangul
genitive-dative	rang	rangului
vocative	rangule

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

rangas, reangas, rong, rongas, rung, rungas

Etymology

From Old Norse rangar (“rib”)

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /rˠãɣ/^[1]^[2]

Noun

rang m (plural rangan)

rung
rib, joining spar
rubbing piece on the gunwale of a boat

References

^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 27

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

Declension of **rang**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rang	rangs
singular	definite	rangen	rangens
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rang

past indicative of ringa

Anagrams

garn, gran

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian (rang).

Noun

rang

color

Uzbek

Other scripts
Arabic	Afghan Uzbek	رنگ
Arabic	Yangi Imlo	رەڭ
Cyrillic		ранг
Latin		rang

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Classical Persian (rang).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raŋ(ɡ)/, [ræŋ̟(ɡ̟̊)], [ræ̃ŋʲ]
Hyphenation: rang

Noun

rang (plural ranglar)

color

Declension

Declension of *rang*
	singular	plural
nominative	rang	ranglar
genitive	rangning	ranglarning
dative	rangga	ranglarga
definite accusative	rangni	ranglarni
locative	rangda	ranglarda
ablative	rangdan	ranglardan
similative	rangdek	ranglardek

Possessive forms of *rang*
1^st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	rangim	ranglarim
genitive	rangimning	ranglarimning
dative	rangimga	ranglarimga
definite accusative	rangimni	ranglarimni
locative	rangimda	ranglarimda
ablative	rangimdan	ranglarimdan
similative	rangimdek	ranglarimdek

2^nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	ranging	ranglaring
genitive	rangingning	ranglaringning
dative	rangingga	ranglaringga
definite accusative	rangingni	ranglaringni
locative	rangingda	ranglaringda
ablative	rangingdan	ranglaringdan
similative	rangingdek	ranglaringdek

3^rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	rangi	ranglari
genitive	rangining	ranglarining
dative	rangiga	ranglariga
definite accusative	rangini	ranglarini
locative	rangida	ranglarida
ablative	rangidan	ranglaridan
similative	rangidek	ranglaridek

1^st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	rangimiz	ranglarimiz
genitive	rangimizning	ranglarimizning
dative	rangimizga	ranglarimizga
definite accusative	rangimizni	ranglarimizni
locative	rangimizda	ranglarimizda
ablative	rangimizdan	ranglarimizdan
similative	rangimizdek	ranglarimizdek

2^nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	rangingiz	ranglaringiz
genitive	rangingizning	ranglaringizning
dative	rangingizga	ranglaringizga
definite accusative	rangingizni	ranglaringizni
locative	rangingizda	ranglaringizda
ablative	rangingizdan	ranglaringizdan
similative	rangingizdek	ranglaringizdek

3^rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	rangi	ranglari
genitive	rangining	ranglarining
dative	rangiga	ranglariga
definite accusative	rangini	ranglarini
locative	rangida	ranglarida
ablative	rangidan	ranglaridan
similative	rangidek	ranglaridek

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”)
bắp rang (bơ)
roast maize/corn or buttered popcorn

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian (rang).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾaŋɡ/

Noun

rang

color

Zou

Etymology

Borrowed from a Indo-Aryan language, ultimately from Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [rʌ̄ŋ]
Hyphenation: rang

Noun

rang

synonym of zȅm (“colour”)

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45

[1] Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

[2] Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 27

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Etymology 2

Noun

Anagrams

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

See also

References

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

Garo

Etymology

Noun

German

Pronunciation

Verb

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Khalaj

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Mandarin

Romanization

Usage notes

Mizo

Etymology

Adjective

Further reading