rancio

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rancio.

Noun

rancio m (plural rancios)

1. the soft, mellow quality acquired by brandy as it is aged

Further reading

• “rancio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• arrancio, rencio

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese ranço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rancidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈranθjo̝/, (western) /ˈransjo̝/

Adjective

rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural rancios, feminine plural rancias)

1. rancid
2. (figurative) old-fashioned, outdated

Noun

rancio m (plural rancios)

1. rancidity

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ranço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rança”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rancio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rancio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rancio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈran.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -antʃo
• Hyphenation: ràn‧cio

Etymology 1

Apheresis of arancio (“orange”).

Alternative forms

• ranceo (uncommon)

Adjective

rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural ranci, feminine plural rance)

1. (obsolete or literary) orange

   Synonym: arancione

References

• rancio¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *rancius, from Classical Latin rancidus (“rancid, rank”).

Adjective

rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural ranci, feminine plural rance)

1. (obsolete) rancid

   Synonym: rancido

Related terms

• irrancidire
• rancido

 

References

• rancio² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish rancho. Doublet of ranch and rancho.

Noun

rancio m (plural ranci)

1. (military) each of the main meals given out to soldiers daily
2. (by extension) meal

   Synonym: pasto

3. (historical, military) each of the fixed groups into which a ship's crew was subdivided for meal consumption and cleaning of the mess
4. (nautical, regional) Synonym of branda

References

• rancio³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 4

Akin to granchio (“crab”).

Noun

rancio m (plural ranci)

1. (southern Italy) Synonym of scampo (“prawn”)
2. (southern Italy) Synonym of grancevola (“spiny spider crab”)

References

• rancio⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Anrico, Cornia, Norcia, Ornica, ancori, canori, carino, corani, cornai, cranio, inarco, inarcò

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin arāneus (adjective), from arānea (“spider”); compare Italian ragno (“spider”).

Noun

rancio m (plural rancie)

1. spider

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rancidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈranθjo/ [ˈrãn̟.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈransjo/ [ˈrãn.sjo]

Adjective

rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural rancios, feminine plural rancias)

1. rancid
2. stale (butter or cheese)
3. mellow, old (wine)
4. (figurative) ancient, long-established
5. (figurative, derogatory) old-fashioned, antiquated, conservative
   • 2018 August 24, Javier Ocaña, “La vocación de lo rancio”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid, →ISSN:

     Cuando parecía que ya no se hacían películas así, Michael Radford y sus acompañantes han compuesto La música del silencio, biografía cinematográfica del tenor italiano Andrea Bocelli […] sobre un artista que seguramente no se merecía una producción tan rancia, tanto en lo interno como en lo externo.

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   • 2021 December 3, Sami Naïr, “Un candidato del odio en Francia”, in El País‎^[2], retrieved 2022-01-08:

     Se llama Éric Zemmour, oriundo de Argelia y encarna en una sola persona el racismo anti-musulmán, el antisemitismo y el antieuropeísmo más rancio.

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   • 2021 December 11, José Sámano, “Santana, un grande de hoy, ayer y mañana”, in El País‎^[3]:

     Santana fue el embrión de Santana, del tenis español. Y todo por su cuenta, en tiempos de franciscana austeridad, del rancio franquismo y con el deporte entroncado al paleolítico.

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Derived terms

• enranciar
• neorrancio
• rancidez

Descendants

• → French: rancio

Noun

rancio m (plural rancios)

1. curmudgeon

Anagrams

• incoar, ración

Further reading

• “rancio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014