ranger

English

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Etymology

From the verb range +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹeɪndʒə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɹeɪndʒɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)

Noun

ranger (plural rangers)

1. One who ranges; a rover.
   1. A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
2. A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
3. (obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
   • Holland

     The tamis ranger.

4. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.

Translations

one who ranges; a rover

Park ranger

• Catalan: guardabosc (ca) m
• Italian: guardia forestale (it) m

• Scottish Gaelic: (of a forest) maor-coille (gd) m
• Spanish: alimañero (es) m, guardaparque (es) m, guardabosque (es) m, guardacaza (es) m, montaraz (es) m

a dog that beats the ground in search of game

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• Czech: hraničář m
• Japanese: レンジャー, renjā
• Serbo-Croatian: rendžer (sh) m

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʀɑ̃ʒe/

Etymology 1

From English

Noun

ranger m (plural rangers)

1. a ranger, one who looks after a region

Etymology 2

From rang

Verb

ranger

1. to order, to arrange
2. to put away, to put aside, to stack away
3. to yield, to submit

Conjugation

• This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written range- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

   Conjugation of ranger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ranger			avoir rangé
gerund		en rangeant			en ayant rangé
present participle		rangeant
past participle		rangé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	range	ranges	range	rangeons	rangez	rangent
	imperfect	rangeais	rangeais	rangeait	rangions	rangiez	rangeaient
	past historic1	rangeai	rangeas	rangea	rangeâmes	rangeâtes	rangèrent
	future	rangerai	rangeras	rangera	rangerons	rangerez	rangeront
	conditional	rangerais	rangerais	rangerait	rangerions	rangeriez	rangeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	range	ranges	range	rangions	rangiez	rangent
	imperfect1	rangeasse	rangeasses	rangeât	rangeassions	rangeassiez	rangeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	range	—	rangeons	rangez	—
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