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Definitions and meaning of rana

rana

Anguthimri

Noun

rana

  1. (Mpakwithi) sky

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“frog”).

Noun

rana f (plural ranes)

  1. frog (amphibian)

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese raṇa (“battle, war, combat, fight, conflict”), from Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “war, battle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.nə/
  • Rhymes: -anə
  • Hyphenation: ra‧na

Noun

rana (Balinese script ᬭᬡ)

  1. battlefield

Further reading

  • “rana” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Esperanto

Etymology

From rano (“frog”) +‎ -a (adjectival ending).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrana/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: ran‧a

Adjective

rana (accusative singular ranan, plural ranaj, accusative plural ranajn)

  1. Of, relating to or similar to frogs; frogly.
    • 1931, Erich Maria Remarque (Erich Paul Remark), La vojo returne, tr. by Joseph F. Berger, in Populara Esperanto-Biblioteko, No. 15, Heroldo de Esperanto, page 156.
    • 1991, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, La majstro kaj Margarita, tr. by Sergej B. Pokrovskij from Russian, in Serio Oriento-Okcidento, No. 26, Sezonoj (publ.), page 213.

Hausa

Etymology 1

Compare Egyptian rꜥ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɽáː.náː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɽáː.náː]

Noun

rānā f (plural rā̀nàikū, possessed form ran)

  1. sun
  2. heat of the sun
  3. day
Derived terms
  • rana-rana (“occasionally”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɽáː.ná/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɽáː.nə́]

Adverb

rāna

  1. in the daytime

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːna

Noun

rana

  1. inflection of rani:
    1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
    2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: ra‧na

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “war, battle”).

Noun

rana (plural rana-rana)

  1. (archaic) war
  2. (archaic) battle
  3. (archaic) battlefield
    Synonym: medan perang

Adjective

rana (comparative lebih rana, superlative paling rana)

  1. (archaic) daring
  2. audacious, brave
    Synonym: berani

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “delight, pleasure, gladness, joy”).

Adjective

rana (comparative lebih rana, superlative paling rana)

  1. joyful
    Synonym: riang

Etymology 3

Noun

rana (plural rana-rana)

  1. alternative spelling of ratna

Further reading

  • “rana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: rà‧na

Noun

rana f (plural rane)

  1. frog
    Synonym: (colloquial) ranocchia
  2. (swimming, singular only) breaststroke

Related terms

See also

  • girino

Javanese

Romanization

rana

  1. romanization of ꦫꦤ

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of croaking.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈraː.na]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈraː.na]

Noun

rāna f (genitive rānae); first declension

  1. a frog

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • rānivorus
  • rānunculus

Descendants

References

  • “rana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "rana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rana f (plural ranas)

  1. frog

References

  • AEDLL
  • Pallabreiru Llïonés

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • arana (achaic)

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi rana, from ran + -a.

    Adjective

    rana

    1. similar; alike
    2. false, used in species names together with the name of another species they are similar to
    3. improvised; makeshift

    Adverb

    rana

    1. precariously; in a makeshift manner

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “rana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 654

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    • ranene (of noun)
    (of verb)
    • ranet
    • rante (simple past)
    • rant (past participle)

    Noun

    rana n

    1. definite plural of ran

    Verb

    rana

    1. inflection of rane:
      1. simple past
      2. past participle

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    rana n

    1. definite plural of ran

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrɑː.nɑ/

    Noun

    rāna

    1. genitive plural of rā

    Old Tupi

    Etymology

      From ran + -a.

      Noun

      rana (possessable)

      1. similar; lookalike
      2. a poorly made thing; shoddiness

      Descendants

      • Nheengatu: rana
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: -rana

      References

      • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “rana”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 427, column 1

      Polish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈra.na/
      • Rhymes: -ana
      • Syllabification: ra‧na

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rana.

      Noun

      rana f (diminutive ranka)

      1. (pathology) wound
      Declension
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

      rana n

      1. inflection of rano:
        1. genitive singular
        2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

      Further reading

      • rana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • rana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rana.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /râna/
      • Hyphenation: ra‧na

      Noun

      rȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏на)

      1. wound
      Declension

      Further reading

      • “rana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Adjective

      rana

      1. inflection of ran:
        1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
        2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
        3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
        4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

      Slovene

      Etymology

      From Proto-Slavic *rana.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ràːna/

      Noun

      rána f

      1. wound, injury

      Further reading

      • “rana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

      Spanish

      Etymology

      From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈrana/ [ˈra.na]
      • Rhymes: -ana
      • Syllabification: ra‧na

      Noun

      rana f (plural ranas)

      1. frog

      Derived terms

      See also

      • sapo m

      Further reading

      • “rana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

      Tiruray

      Noun

      rana

      1. rain

      Source: wiktionary.org