ran

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.3 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.4 Verb 3 Mandarin 3.1 Pinyin syllable 3.1.1 Usage notes 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Adjective 6 Slovene 6.1 Adverb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹæn/, SAMPA: /r\{n/
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• Rhymes: -æn

[edit] Verb

ran

1. Simple past of run.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: anr
• NRA
• RNA

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse rán.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /raːn/, [ʁɑːˀn]

[edit] Noun

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

1. open theft

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Verb

ran

1. Imperative of rane.

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

ran

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of two tones, rán or rǎn.

[edit] 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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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

ran n. (definite singular ranet; indefinite plural ran; definite plural rana/ranene)

1. robbery

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /râːn/

[edit] Adjective

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

1. early

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Adverb

ran

1. early