Definitions and meaning of ran ran
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /ɹæn/
Rhymes: -æn Etymology 1
Verb
ran
simple past tense of rin
simple past tense of run
( nonstandard, colloquial ) past participle of run
Etymology 2
Noun
ran (uncountable )
( nautical ) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.Etymology 3
From Old English ran ; compare with Danish ran and Norwegian Bokmål ran .
Noun
ran (uncountable )
( obsolete ) Open robbery.
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Anagrams
Alemannic German
Adjective
ran
( Uri ) lanky, slenderReferences
Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63. Arop-Lokep
Pronunciation
Noun
ran
water Further reading
Arop-Lokep , in The Oceanic Languages →ISBN, Terry Crowley, John Lynch, Malcolm Ross), page 257: ran ki "his water"
Stephen George Parker, Phonological Descriptions of Papua New Guinea Languages (2005) Catalan
Pronunciation
( Balearic, Central, Valencian ) IPA(key) : /ˈran/ Adverb
ran
Alternative form of arran See also
Chuukese
Noun
ran
day, daylight Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
ran
genitive plural of rána Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse rán .
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /raːn/ , [ʁɑːˀn] Noun
ran n (singular definite ranet , plural indefinite ran )
open theft Inflection
Verb
ran
imperative of rane German
Etymology
Shortened form of heran .
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : [ʁan]
Rhymes: -an
Homophone: rann Adverb
ran
( colloquial ) near, close to, over toFurther reading
Gilbertese
Noun
ran
water References
Thomas Edward Dutton, Darrell T. Tryon, Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World (1994) Japanese
Romanization
ran
Rōmaji transcription of らん Karnai
Noun
ran
water Further reading
John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012), page 59 Malasanga
Noun
ran
water Further reading
John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Verna , page 59, 2012 Mandarin
Romanization
ran
Nonstandard spelling of rán .
Nonstandard spelling of rǎn .Usage notes
English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone. Namakura
Noun
ran
water References
Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley et Meredith Osmond (eds), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The physical environment , Pacific Linguistics, 545-2. Australian National University, Canberra, 2003, page 59 Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rán
Noun
ran n (definite singular ranet , indefinite plural ran , definite plural rana or ranene )
a robbery Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
ran
imperative of rane References
“ran” in The Bokmål Dictionary . Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse rán
Noun
ran n (definite singular ranet , indefinite plural ran , definite plural rana )
a robbery Derived terms
References
“ran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary . Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
rān n (nominative plural rān )
unlawful seizure of property; robbery Declension
References
Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882
T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921 Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
ran f
genitive plural of rana Noun
ran n
genitive plural of rano Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ranъ (Russian ра́нний ( ránnij ) , Polish rano ).
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /râːn/
Rhymes: -âːn Adjective
rȃn (definite rȃnī , comparative rànijī , Cyrillic spelling ра̑н )
early
premature Declension
Antonyms
References
“ran” in Hrvatski jezični portal Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ranъ
Pronunciation
Adjective
rȃn (comparative ránejši , superlative nȁjránejši )
early Inflection
Further reading
“ran ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English run .
Noun
ran
To run
Ulau-Suain
Noun
ran
water References
Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976) Vietnamese
Pronunciation
(Hà Nội ) IPA(key) : [zaːn˧˧]
(Huế ) IPA(key) : [ʐaːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City ) IPA(key) : [ɹaːŋ˧˧] Verb
ran
to resound; to spread widely Welsh
Noun
ran
Soft mutation of rhan .Mutation
Welsh Romani
Noun
ran f
rod, wand
fishing rod Derived terms
References
“ran” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary , ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project , 2000. Source: wiktionary.org a branch-like part of a structure.(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)