ring

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 See also 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.3 See also 2 Balinese 2.1 Preposition 3 Croatian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Dutch 4.1 Noun 5 Hungarian 5.1 Verb 6 Norwegian 6.1 Noun 7 Old High German 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Swedish 8.1 Etymology 1 8.1.1 Pronunciation 8.1.2 Noun 8.2 Etymology 2 8.2.1 Pronunciation 8.2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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

• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English hring from Germanic *hrengaz

The mathematics sense was introduced by mathematician David Hilbert in 1892, a contraction of the German Zahlring. (Reference: Harvey Cohn, Advanced Number Theory, page 49.)

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ring (plural rings)

1. A circumscribing object (looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring, etc.)
2. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger.
3. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?) (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
4. A place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring.
5. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?) A circular arena where circus acts take place, a circus ring.
6. A group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices; as a Crime ring.
7. (algebra) An algebraic structure which is a group under addition and a monoid under multiplication.

   The set of integers, , is the prototypical ring.

8. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
9. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
10. An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.

    • 1866: 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. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.

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[edit] See also

• boxing ring
• circus ring

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.

[edit] Verb

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

1. To surround or enclose.

   The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.

2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?) (figuratively) To cut a ring around.

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

3. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?) To attach a ring to.

   Only ringed hogs may forage in the commons.

[edit] Etymology 2

Verb is from Old English hringan.

[edit] Noun

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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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.

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[edit] See also

• give a ring
• ringbark
• ring off
• ringtone
• ring up
• spy ring
• unring

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[edit] Balinese

[edit] Preposition

ring

1. in, at

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From English ring.

[edit] Noun

ring m. sg.

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

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de ring (plural: ringen)

1. ring

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ring

1. to sway

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[edit] Norwegian

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ring m.

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

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[edit] Old High German

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Common Germanic *hrengaz

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ring m.

1. ring

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for ring	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ring	ringen	ringar	ringarna
Genitive	rings	ringens	ringars	ringarnas

ring

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

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

[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Verb

ring

1. imperative form of ringa