ran

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ran"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

Verb

ran

  1. simple past of run
  2. simple past of rin
  3. (nonstandard, colloquial) past participle of run
    • 1731, Philippus van Limborch, translated by Samuel Chandler, The History of the Inquisition‎, volume 1, page 231:
      […] rather to convince the Underſtanding, than to be eaſily capable of being anſwered ; excuſing your ſelf that you have ran into an Error, ſo foreign as you have declared from your Intention, […]
    • 1837, William Keary, Romanism exposed; or, Strictures on two lectures ‎, Goddard and Brown, page 6:
      " Heretics and schismatics, because they rebel against her, and only belong to the church, as deserters to an army from which they have ran away ; […]
    • 2012 March 5, Helen Summer, Running Crazy‎, John Blake Publishing, →ISBN, page 209:
      I’ve ran this event many times but in the year 2000, when we were running over the Bodmin Moor part of the course, it lashed down with large, freezing-cold hailstones.

Etymology 2

Noun

ran (uncountable)

  1. (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

See also

etymologically unrelated terms

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Adjective

ran

  1. (Uri) lanky, slender

References

Arop-Lokep

Pronunciation

Noun

ran

  1. water

Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adverb

ran

  1. Alternative form of arran

See also

Chuukese

Noun

ran

  1. day, daylight

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

ran

  1. genitive plural of rána

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse rán.

Pronunciation

Noun

ran n (singular definite ranet, plural indefinite ran)

  1. open theft

Inflection

Declension of ran
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ran ranet ran ranene
genitive rans ranets rans ranenes

Verb

ran

  1. imperative of rane

German

Etymology

Shortened form of heran.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ran

  1. (colloquial) near, close to, over to

Related terms

Further reading

  • “ran” in Duden online
  • “ran” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gilbertese

Noun

ran

  1. water

References

  • Thomas Edward Dutton, Darrell T. Tryon, Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World (1994)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rang.

Pronunciation

Noun

ran

  1. row, line
  2. rank, position

References

  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Japanese

Romanization

ran

  1. Rōmaji transcription of らん

Karnai

Noun

ran

  1. water

Further reading

Malasanga

Noun

ran

  1. water

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

ran

  1. Nonstandard spelling of rán.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of rǎn.

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.

Namakura

Noun

ran

  1. water

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rán.

Noun

ran n (definite singular ranet, indefinite plural ran, definite plural rana or ranene)

  1. a robbery
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ran

  1. imperative of rane

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse rán.

Noun

ran n (definite singular ranet, indefinite plural ran, definite plural rana)

  1. a robbery

Derived terms

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

rān n (nominative plural rān)

  1. unlawful seizure of property; robbery

Declension

Declension of ran (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative rān rān
accusative rān rān
genitive rānes rāna
dative rāne rānum

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

  • IPA(key): /ran/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ran

Noun

ran f

  1. genitive plural of rana

Noun

ran n

  1. genitive plural of rano

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ranъ (Russian ра́нний (ránnij), Polish rano).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rȃn (definite rȃnī, comparative rànijī, Cyrillic spelling ра̑н)

  1. early
    Antonym: kȁsan
  2. premature

Declension

positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ran rana rano
genitive rana rane rana
dative ranu ranoj ranu
accusative inanimate
animate 		ran
rana 		ranu rano
vocative ran rana rano
locative ranu ranoj ranu
instrumental ranim ranom ranim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rani rane rana
genitive ranih ranih ranih
dative ranim(a) ranim(a) ranim(a)
accusative rane rane rana
vocative rani rane rana
locative ranim(a) ranim(a) ranim(a)
instrumental ranim(a) ranim(a) ranim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rani rana rano
genitive ranog(a) rane ranog(a)
dative ranom(u/e) ranoj ranom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		rani
ranog(a) 		ranu rano
vocative rani rana rano
locative ranom(e/u) ranoj ranom(e/u)
instrumental ranim ranom ranim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rani rane rana
genitive ranih ranih ranih
dative ranim(a) ranim(a) ranim(a)
accusative rane rane rana
vocative rani rane rana
locative ranim(a) ranim(a) ranim(a)
instrumental ranim(a) ranim(a) ranim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative raniji ranija ranije
genitive ranijeg(a) ranije ranijeg(a)
dative ranijem(u) ranijoj ranijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		raniji
ranijeg(a) 		raniju ranije
vocative raniji ranija ranije
locative ranijem(u) ranijoj ranijem(u)
instrumental ranijim ranijom ranijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative raniji ranije ranija
genitive ranijih ranijih ranijih
dative ranijim(a) ranijim(a) ranijim(a)
accusative ranije ranije ranija
vocative raniji ranije ranija
locative ranijim(a) ranijim(a) ranijim(a)
instrumental ranijim(a) ranijim(a) ranijim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najraniji najranija najranije
genitive najranijeg(a) najranije najranijeg(a)
dative najranijem(u) najranijoj najranijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najraniji
najranijeg(a) 		najraniju najranije
vocative najraniji najranija najranije
locative najranijem(u) najranijoj najranijem(u)
instrumental najranijim najranijom najranijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najraniji najranije najranija
genitive najranijih najranijih najranijih
dative najranijim(a) najranijim(a) najranijim(a)
accusative najranije najranije najranija
vocative najraniji najranije najranija
locative najranijim(a) najranijim(a) najranijim(a)
instrumental najranijim(a) najranijim(a) najranijim(a)

References

  • “ran” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ranъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rȃn (comparative ránejši, superlative nȁjránejši)

  1. early

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. rán rána ráno
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative rán ind
ráni def 		rána ráno
genitive ránega ráne ránega
dative ránemu ráni ránemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitiveanim 		ráno ráno
locative ránem ráni ránem
instrumental ránim ráno ránim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative rána ráni ráni
genitive ránih ránih ránih
dative ránima ránima ránima
accusative rána ráni ráni
locative ránih ránih ránih
instrumental ránima ránima ránima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ráni ráne rána
genitive ránih ránih ránih
dative ránim ránim ránim
accusative ráne ráne rána
locative ránih ránih ránih
instrumental ránimi ránimi ránimi

Further reading

  • “ran”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English run.

Noun

ran

  1. To run
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:14:
      Nem bilong namba 3 wara em Taigris na em i ran i go long hap sankamap bilong kantri Asiria. Na nem bilong namba 4 wara em Yufretis.
      →New International Version translation

Ulau-Suain

Noun

ran

  1. water

References

  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 波散 (MC pa sanX) (modern SV: ba tản).

Pronunciation

Verb

ran

  1. to resound; to spread widely

Welsh

Noun

ran

  1. Soft mutation of rhan.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhan ran unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh Romani

Noun

ran f

  1. rod, wand
  2. fishing rod

Derived terms

References

  • “ran” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
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