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4-letter words (3 found)

GIRN,GRIN,RING,

3-letter words (4 found)

GIN,ING,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (2 found)

GI,IN,

You can make 9 words from ring according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ring

ring irng rnig nrig inrg nirg rign irgn rgin grin igrn girn rngi nrgi rgni grni ngri gnri ingr nigr ignr ginr ngir gnir

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Definitions and meaning of ring

ring

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭng; IPA(key): /ɹɪŋ/
  • (General American) enPR: rēng; IPA(key): /ɹi(ː)ŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iŋ
  • Homophone: wring

Etymology 1

From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

Cognate with West Frisian ring, Low German Ring, Dutch ring, German Ring, Swedish ring, also Finnish rengas. Doublet of rank and rink.

Noun

ring (plural rings)

  1. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
    1. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
      Synonyms: annulus, hoop, torus
    2. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
    3. (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
    4. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
    5. In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
    6. (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
    7. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
  2. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
    1. A circular group of people or objects.
    2. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
    3. (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
  3. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
  4. (Internet) Short for webring.
  5. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
    1. The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
  7. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
  8. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
  9. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
  10. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
  11. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
  12. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
  13. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
  14. (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • red ring
Descendants
Translations
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Verb

ring (third-person singular simple present rings, present participle ringing, simple past and past participle ringed)

  1. (transitive) To enclose or surround.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
  3. (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  4. (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
  5. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
  6. (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
    • A. Woodley, Trio: 3 short stories
      Gabe said that as Derry had only caught part of the conversation, it's possible that they were discussing a film, it was bad enough that they'd unwittingly been brought into ringing cars, adding drugs into it was far more than either of them could ever be comfortable with.
    • 2019 (10 December), Ross McCarthy, Digbeth chop shop gang jailed over £2m stolen car racket (in Birmingham Live) [2]
      They used two bases in Digbeth to break down luxury motors, some of which were carjacked or stolen after keys were taken in house raids. The parts were then fitted to salvaged cars bought online. […] Jailing the quartet, a judge at Birmingham Crown Court said it was a "car ringing on a commercial and substantial scale".
  7. (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially catle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
Derived terms
  • ringer
  • ring-fence, ringfence
  • ring in
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ringen, from Old English hrinġan (“to ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną. Cognate with Dutch ringen, Swedish ringa.

Noun

ring (plural rings)

  1. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
  2. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
  3. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
  4. (colloquial) A telephone call.
  5. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
  6. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
Derived terms
  • give a ring, give someone a ring
  • ring-a-ding
  • ring-in
  • ring cadence
  • ringtone
  • ringback
  • telephone ring
Translations

Verb

ring (third-person singular simple present rings, present participle ringing, simple past rang or (nonstandard) rung, past participle rung)

  1. (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
  2. (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
  3. (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
    They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  5. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  6. (transitive, colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
  7. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
  8. (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
  9. To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
  10. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From a shortening of German Zahlring (“number(s) ring”) (coined by German mathematician David Hilbert in 1892). Apparently first used in English in 1930, E. T. Bell, “Rings whose elements are ideals,” Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.

Noun

ring (plural rings)

  1. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
  2. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
    Synonym: rng
Hypernyms
  • pseudo-ring
  • rng
  • semiring
Hyponyms
  • algebra over a field
  • commutative ring
    • integral domain
      • unique factorization domain, Noetherian domain
        • principal ideal domain
          • Euclidean domain
            • field
Meronyms
  • group of units
  • ideal
Derived terms
  • Boolean ring
  • polynomial ring
Translations

Etymology 4

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

Noun

ring (plural rings)

  1. (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
  2. (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
Hyponyms
  • algebra (of sets)
  • σ-ring
Translations

References

Anagrams

  • NGRI, girn, grin

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch ring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəŋ/

Noun

ring (plural ringe)

  1. ring, hollow circular object

Atong (India)

Etymology

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

Noun

ring

  1. taro

References

  • van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Balinese

Romanization

ring

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬶᬂ

Cimbrian

Adjective

ring

  1. (of weight) light

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɪŋk]
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk
  • Homophone: rynk

Noun

ring m inan

  1. ring (place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar)

Declension

Further reading

  • ring in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ring in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /renɡ/, [ʁæŋˀ]

Noun

ring c (singular definite ringen, plural indefinite ringe)

  1. ring
  2. circle
  3. halo
  4. hoop
  5. coil
Inflection
Derived terms
  • vielsesring

Etymology 2

Verbal noun to ringe (“to ring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /renɡ/, [ʁæŋˀ]

Noun

ring n (singular definite ringet, plural indefinite ring)

  1. (archaic) ring (the resonant sound of a bell, a telephone call)
Inflection

Etymology 3

See ringe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /renɡ/, [ʁæŋˀ]

Verb

ring

  1. imperative of ringe

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch ring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ring
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

ring m (plural ringen, diminutive ringetje n)

  1. ring, hollow circular object
  2. (gymnastics) ring
  3. beltway, ring road

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: ring
  • Negerhollands: rink, riṅ
  • →? Aukan: linga
  • → Indonesian: ring
  • → Papiamentu: renchi, ringtsje (from the diminutive)

See also

  • kring

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German rink. Compare German Ring. See also rõngas.

Noun

ring (genitive ringi, partitive ringi)

  1. circle

Declension

See also

  • rõngas

French

Etymology

From English ring (sense 1) and Dutch ring (sense 2).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁiŋɡ/

Noun

ring m (plural rings)

  1. (sports, chiefly combat sports) ring
  2. (Belgium) ring road, beltway

Derived terms

  • ring de boxe

Descendants

  • → Romanian: ring

Further reading

  • “ring”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Garo

Noun

ring

  1. boat

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁɪŋ]

Verb

ring

  1. singular imperative of ringen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of ringen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈriŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ring
  • Rhymes: -iŋɡ

Etymology 1

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (frequentative suffix).

Verb

ring

  1. (intransitive) to swing, to rock
    Synonyms: billeg, inog, ingadozik, himbálózik, himbálódzik
  2. (intransitive, of a ship) to sway, to roll
    Synonyms: ringatózik, ringatódzik, dülöng, dülöngél, himbálódzik, himbálózik
Conjugation

or

Derived terms
  • ringat

Etymology 2

From English ring.

Noun

ring (plural ringek)

  1. (dated, boxing) ring, boxing ring (space in which a boxing match is contested)
    Synonym: szorító
Declension

References

Further reading

  • (to roll, sway, swing): ring 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
  • (boxing ring): ring 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
  • (in economy, cf. cartel): ring 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

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɪŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ring

Noun

ring (first-person possessive ringku, second-person possessive ringmu, third-person possessive ringnya)

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of bell.

Etymology 2

From Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch ring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of langsir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɪŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ring

Noun

ring

  1. ring,
    1. a circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
      Synonyms: cincin, gelang
    2. boxing ring.
  2. (colloquial) circle
    Synonym: lingkaran

Further reading

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

Mizo

Adjective

ring

  1. loud

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Noun

ring m (definite singular ringen, indefinite plural ringer, definite plural ringene)

  1. ring; a circular piece of material
  2. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ring

  1. imperative of ringe

References

  • “ring” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • reng (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɪŋː/

Noun

ring m (definite singular ringen, indefinite plural ringar, definite plural ringane)

  1. ring; a circular piece of material
  2. a circle
  3. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place

Derived terms

Verb

ring

  1. imperative of ringja and ringa

References

  • “ring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Noun

ring m

  1. ring, circle

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: rinc
    • Dutch: ring
      • Afrikaans: ring
      • Negerhollands: rink, riṅ
      • →? Aukan: linga
      • → Indonesian: ring
      • → Papiamentu: renchi, ringtsje (from the diminutive)
    • Limburgish: rink

Further reading

  • “rink”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • hring

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hring.

Noun

ring m

  1. ring (object in the shape of a circle)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle High German: rinc, ring
    • German: Ring
    • Luxembourgish: Rank
    • Yiddish: רינג (ring)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ring. Doublet of ranga and rynek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riŋk/
  • Rhymes: -iŋk
  • Syllabification: ring

Noun

ring m inan (related adjective ringowy)

  1. (boxing) boxing ring

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ring.

Noun

ring m (plural rings)

  1. Alternative form of ringue

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English ring.

Noun

rȉng m (Cyrillic spelling ри̏нг)

  1. the ring (place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar)

Declension

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ring. Doublet of rancho.

Noun

ring m (plural rings)

  1. (boxing) ring

Further reading

  • “ring”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ringer, from Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Noun

ring c

  1. ring; a circular piece of material
  2. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
  3. (mathematics) A ring, algebraic structure
  4. (mathematics) A ring, planar geometrical figure
  5. (astronomy) A ring, collection of material orbiting some planets
  6. Each of the (usually three) years in a Swedish gymnasium (highschool)
Declension
Derived terms
  • fisring
  • vigselring

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ring

  1. imperative of ringa

References

  • ring in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • ring in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • ring in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring. Cognate with English ring, Dutch ring, Saterland Frisian Ring.

Noun

ring c (plural ringen, diminutive rinkje)

  1. ring, circle
  2. ring (jewelry)

Derived terms

  • ringje
  • earring

Further reading

  • “ring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾiːn/
  • Homophone: rhyne

Noun

ring

  1. ring

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96

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