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4-letter words (3 found)

GNAR,GRAN,RANG,

3-letter words (5 found)

GAN,GAR,NAG,RAG,RAN,

2-letter words (4 found)

AG,AN,AR,NA,

You can make 12 words from rang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of rang

rang arng rnag nrag anrg narg ragn argn rgan gran agrn garn rnga nrga rgna grna ngra gnra angr nagr agnr ganr ngar gnar

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word rang. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in rang.

Definitions and meaning of rang

rang

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: răng; IPA(key): /ɹæŋ/
  • (General American) enPR: rāng; IPA(key): /ɹeɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋ, -eɪŋ
  • 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.

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, Valencian) [ˈraŋk]

Noun

rang m (plural rangs)

  1. rank, status
  2. (mathematics) rank
    rang d'una matriurank of a matrix
  3. row
  4. (statistics) range

Further reading

  • “rang”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “rang” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “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/
  • 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/

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

Related terms

  • file
  • ranger

Descendants

  • Catalan: rang
  • German: Rang
  • Romanian: rang
  • Italian: rango
  • Piedmontese: rangh
  • Haitian Creole: ran
  • Russian: ранг (rang)
  • 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]
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ

Noun

rang (plural rangok)

  1. rank
  2. place, standing, status (in society)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • rang in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: 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
Derived terms

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

Etymology 3

Noun

rang m (genitive singular rang, nominative plural rangaí)

  1. Alternative form of runga (rung)
Declension

Further reading

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

Khalaj

Alternative forms

  • rəng

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian رنگ (rang).

Pronunciation

  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [ɾaŋɡ]

Noun

rang (definite accusative rangı, plural ranglar)

  1. colour

Declension

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.

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French rang. Cognate of German Rang, Danish rang, Dutch rang, English rank. Doublet of harang.

Noun

rang c

  1. rank, status
  2. top tier
    en atlet av ranga top-tier athlete
Declension
Derived terms
  • göra någon rangen stridig
  • rangordna
  • rangordning
  • rangskillnad

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rang

  1. past indicative of ringa

Anagrams

  • garn, gran

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian رَنگ (rang).

Noun

rang

  1. color

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian رنگ (rang).

Noun

rang (plural ranglar)

  1. color

Declension

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɹaːŋ˧˧]

Verb

rang • (𤎜, 󰸡/⿰火揚)

  1. to roast (usually rice, beans, black pepper, corn, etc.) in a pan; compare nướng (to roast directly over fire or charcoal)

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian رنگ (rang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾaŋɡ/

Noun

rang

  1. color

Source: wiktionary.org