ring

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Derived terms 1.3.2.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Balinese 2.1 Preposition 3 Croatian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Czech 4.1 Noun 5 Danish 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Pronunciation 5.1.2 Noun 5.1.2.1 Inflection 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Pronunciation 5.2.2 Noun 5.2.2.1 Inflection 5.3 Etymology 3 5.3.1 Pronunciation 5.3.2 Verb 6 Dutch 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Derived terms 6.3 See also 7 Hungarian 7.1 Verb 8 Norwegian 8.1 Noun 9 Old High German 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun 10 Swedish 10.1 Etymology 1 10.1.1 Pronunciation 10.1.2 Noun 10.2 Etymology 2 10.2.1 Pronunciation 10.2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭng, IPA: /ɹɪŋ/, SAMPA: /rIN/
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• Homophones: wring
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English hring, from Germanic *hrengaz

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ring (plural rings)

1. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
2. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger.
3. (British) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
4. A piece of food in the shape of a ring, as in onion ring
5. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
6. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices; as a crime ring.
7. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
8. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
9. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter.
10. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
    • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, page 168.

      The ring is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e., is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties. —

11. (British) a large circular prehistoric stone construction such as w:Stonehenge.

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A boxing ring.	A ring on a finger.	The ring of integers.	The rings of a tree.
The circus ring.	A ring on a bird's leg.	The rings of Saturn.

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to ring (third-person singular simple present rings, present participle ringing, simple past and past participle ringed)

1. (transitive) To surround or enclose.

   The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.

   They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.

3. (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.

   Only ringed hogs may forage in the commons.

   We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.

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• ringer

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[edit] Etymology 2

Verb is from Old English hringan.

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ring (plural rings)

1. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.

   The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.

   The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.

2. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.

   The name has a nice ring to it.

3. (colloquial) A telephone call.

   I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.

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• give a ring
• ringtone

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to ring (third-person singular simple present rings, present participle ringing, simple past rang, past participle rung)

1. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.

   Whose mobile phone is ringing?

2. (transitive, figuratively) To make a (church) bell produce sound.

   The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

   That does not ring true.

4. (colloquial) To telephone someone.

   I will ring you when we arrive.

5. (ambitransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     It is instructive for us to learn as well as to ponder on the fact that "the very men who looked down with delight, when the sand of the arena reddened with human blood, made the arena ring with applause when Terence in his famous line: ‘Homo sum, Nihil humani alienum puto’ proclaimed the brotherhood of man."

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• ring a bell
• ring back
• ringer
• ringing
• ring false
• ring off
• ring true
• ring up
• unring

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[edit] Etymology 3

A shortening of German Zahlring (“‘number(s) ring’”); coined by mathematician David Hilbert in 1892, . (Reference: Harvey Cohn, Advanced Number Theory, page 49.)

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ring (plural rings)

1. (algebra) An algebraic structure which is a group under addition and a monoid under multiplication.

   The set of integers, , is the prototypical ring.

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• Anagrams of ginr
• girn
• grin
• NGRI

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ring

1. in, at

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[edit] Croatian

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From English ring.

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ring m. sg.

1. The ring (place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar)

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ring m.

1. The ring (place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar)

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse hringr.

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• IPA: /reng/, [ʁæŋˀ]

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ring c. (singular definite ringen, plural indefinite ringe)

1. ring
2. circle
3. halo
4. hoop
5. coil

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Verbal noun to ringe (“‘to ring’”).

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• IPA: /reng/, [ʁæŋˀ]

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ring n. (singular definite ringet, plural indefinite ring)

1. ring (the resonant sound of a bell, a telephone call)

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[edit] Etymology 3

See ringe.

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• IPA: /reng/, [ʁæŋˀ]

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ring

1. Imperative of ringe.

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ring m. (plural ringen, diminutive ringetje, diminutive plural ringetjes)

1. A ring, hollow circular object
2. A beltway

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• kring

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ring

1. To sway

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ring m.

1. A ring; a circular piece of material
2. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place

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[edit] Old High German

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Proto-Germanic *hrengaz

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ring m.

1. A ring

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[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for ring	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	ring	ringen	ringar	ringarna
Possessive form	rings	ringens	ringars	ringarnas

ring

1. A ring; a circular piece of material
2. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
3. (mathematics) A ring, algebraic structure
4. (mathematics) A ring,planar geometrical figure
5. (astronomy) A ring, collection of material orbiting some planets
6. Each of the (usually three) years in a Swedish gymnasium (highschool)

   Ann började nyss andra ring = Ann recently began her second year at the gymnasium.

[edit] Etymology 2

See ringa.

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ring

1. imperative form of ringa