rang

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rang"

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• enPR: răng; IPA^(key): /ɹæŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æŋ
• Homophone: wrang

Verb

rang

1. 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

French rang

Noun

rang (plural rangs)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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): (Central) [ˈraŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈraŋk]

Noun

rang m (plural rangs)

1. rank, status
2. (mathematics) rank

   rang d'una matriu ― rank of a matrix

3. row
4. (statistics) range

Further reading

• “rang”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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
• “rang” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. rank
2. precedence

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Noun

rang m (plural rangen, diminutive rangetje n)

1. 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/

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Noun

rang m (plural rangs)

1. row or line of things placed side-by-side

   Synonym: rangée (objects only)

2. rank or position in a series or hierarchy

   Synonyms: caste, classe, place, position

3. (knitting) a knitting course
4. (Canada, geography) a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road
5. (Canada, geography) the road serving such a series of plots
6. (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

• au rang de
• de rang
• en rang
• en rang d'oignon
• rangs
• rentrer dans le rang
• rompre les rangs
• serrer les rangs

Related terms

• file
• ranger

Descendants

• → Catalan: rang
• → German: Rang
• → 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

1. gong

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaŋ/, (northern also) [ʁaŋk]
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

rang

1. first/third-person singular preterite of ringen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒŋɡ]

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ

Noun

rang (plural rangok)

1. rank
2. 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

• rangos
• rangú

Compound words

• ranglétra

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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠɑŋɡ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ɾˠaːŋɡ/
• (Aran, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠaŋ/

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)

1. rank
   1. row, line

      Synonyms: líne, sraith

   2. order, station
2. (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)

1. alternative form of reang (“loin”)
2. 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 ranga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an rang na ranga genitive na rainge na rang dative leis an rang don rang leis na ranga

Etymology 3

Noun

rang m (genitive singular rang, nominative plural rangaí)

1. 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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “rang”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		رَنگ

Alternative forms

• rəng

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian رنگ (rang).

Pronunciation

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [ɾaŋɡ]

Noun

rang (definite accusative rangı, plural ranglar)

1. 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

1. nonstandard spelling of rāng
2. nonstandard spelling of ráng
3. nonstandard spelling of rǎng
4. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. rank

Derived terms

• rangstige

References

• “rang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga).

Noun

rang m (plural rang)

1. colour

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

Noun

rang n (uncountable)

1. rank

Declension

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