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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish rancio. Doublet of rance.
Pronunciation
Noun
rancio m (plural rancios)
- the soft, mellow quality acquired by brandy as it is aged
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ranço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rancidus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural rancios, feminine plural rancias)
- rancid
- (figurative) old-fashioned, outdated
- Synonym: anticuado
Noun
rancio m (plural rancios)
- rancidity
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ranço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rança”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rancio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rancio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rancio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Apheresis of arancio (“orange”).
Adjective
rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural ranci, feminine plural rance)
- (obsolete or literary) orange
- Synonym: arancione
Further reading
- rancio1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *rancius, from Classical Latin rancidus (“rancid, rank”).
Adjective
rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural ranci, feminine plural rance)
- (obsolete) rancid
- Synonym: rancido
Further reading
- rancio2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanish rancho. Doublet of ranch and rancho.
Noun
rancio m (plural ranci)
- (military) each of the main meals given out to soldiers daily
- (by extension) meal
- Synonym: pasto
- (historical, military) each of the fixed groups into which a ship's crew was subdivided for meal consumption and cleaning of the mess
- (nautical, regional) Synonym of branda
Further reading
- rancio3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 4
Akin to granchio (“crab”).
Noun
rancio m (plural ranci)
- (southern Italy) Synonym of scampo (“prawn”)
- (southern Italy) Synonym of grancevola (“spiny spider crab”)
Further reading
- rancio4 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Anrico, Cornia, Norcia, Ornica, ancori, canori, carino, corani, cornai, cranio, inarco, inarcò
Neapolitan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin arāneus. Compare Italian ragno.
Pronunciation
Noun
rancio m (plural rancie)
- spider
References
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin rancidus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈranθjo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈransjo/
- Rhymes: -anθjo
- Rhymes: -ansjo
- Syllabification: ran‧cio
Adjective
rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural rancios, feminine plural rancias)
- rancid
- stale (butter or cheese)
- mellow, old (wine)
- (figurative) ancient, long-established
- (figurative, derogatory) old-fashioned, antiquated, conservative
2018 August 24, Javier Ocaña, “La vocación de lo rancio”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:Cuando parecía que ya no se hacían películas así, Michael Radford y sus acompañantes han compuesto La música del silencio, biografía cinematográfica del tenor italiano Andrea Bocelli […] sobre un artista que seguramente no se merecía una producción tan rancia, tanto en lo interno como en lo externo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2021 December 3, Sami Naïr, “Un candidato del odio en Francia”, in El País, retrieved 2022-01-08:Se llama Éric Zemmour, oriundo de Argelia y encarna en una sola persona el racismo anti-musulmán, el antisemitismo y el antieuropeísmo más rancio.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2021 December 11, José Sámano, “Santana, un grande de hoy, ayer y mañana”, in El País:Santana fue el embrión de Santana, del tenis español. Y todo por su cuenta, en tiempos de franciscana austeridad, del rancio franquismo y con el deporte entroncado al paleolítico.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
rancio m (plural rancios)
- curmudgeon
Further reading
Anagrams