ran

See also rán, rǎn, ràn, rån, and RAN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹæn/, X-SAMPA: /r\{n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æn

Verb

ran

1. Simple past of run.

Noun

ran (uncountable)

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: peace · glad · hair · #571: ran · important · mine · wild

Anagrams

• NRA
• RNA

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse rán.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /raːn/, [ʁɑːˀn]

Noun

ran n (singular definite ranet, plural indefinite ran)

1. open theft

Inflection

    Inflection of ran

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ran	ranet	ran	ranene
genitive	rans	ranets	rans	ranenes

Verb

ran

1. imperative of rane

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Lojban

Rafsi

ran

1. rafsi of ranti.

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Mandarin

Romanization

ran

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

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian

Noun

ran n

1. robbery

Inflection

    Inflection of ran

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	ran	ranet	ran	rana/ranene
Nynorsk n	ran	ranet	ran	rana [rani]

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /râːn/

Adjective

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

1. early
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)

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ranъ

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈráːn/
• Tonal: rȃn

Adjective

rán (comparative ranejši, superlative najranejši)

1. early

Declension

Declension of ran (hard)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ran ind rani def	rana	rano
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	rano	rano
genitive	ranega	rane	ranega
dative	ranemu	rani	ranemu
locative	ranem	rani	ranem
instrumental	ranim	rano	ranim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rana	rani	rani
accusative	rana	rani	rani
genitive	ranih	ranih	ranih
dative	ranima	ranima	ranima
locative	ranih	ranih	ranih
instrumental	ranima	ranima	ranima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rani	rane	rana
accusative	rane	rane	rana
genitive	ranih	ranih	ranih
dative	ranim	ranim	ranim
locative	ranih	ranih	ranih
instrumental	ranimi	ranimi	ranimi

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English run

Noun

ran

1. To run
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:14 (translation here):

     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.

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