rung

See also: Rung, rừng, and rụng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋ
• Homophones: rng, wrung

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English hrung, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰 (hrugga, “a staff”).

Noun

rung (plural rungs)

Rungs of ladders and chair (PSF)

1. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
2. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
3. (figurative) A position in a hierarchy.

   the lowest rung of the society

4. (nautical, dated) A floor timber in a ship.
5. (dated) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
6. (engineering, dated) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
7. (engineering, dated) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Translations

ladder step

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: دَرَجَة f (daraja)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bikol Central: tangga
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: barrot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梯級／梯级 (zh) (tījí), 梯级 (zh) (tījí)

• Czech: příčka (cs) f, šprušle f
• Danish: tremme
• Dutch: sport (nl)
• Esperanto: ŝtupeto
• Finnish: puola (fi), tikas, poikkipuu (fi), astin
• French: barreau (fr) m
• Galician: banzo m, bance m, banceira f, chanzo m,
• Georgian: საფეხური (sapexuri)
• German: Sprosse (de) f, Leitersprosse f
• Greek: σκαλί (el) n (skalí)

  Ancient: κλιμακτήρ m (klimaktḗr)

• Hungarian: fok (hu), létrafok (hu)
• Icelandic: trappa f, þrep (is) n
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• Irish: runga m
• Istriot: scaleîn m
• Italian: scalino (it) m, piolo (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: កាំជណ្ដើរ (kam cʊəndaə)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: kaupae, kaupeka, teka
• Mongolian: гишгүүр (mn) (gišgüür)
• Norwegian: trin
• Plautdietsch: Spoak f
• Polish: szczebel (pl) m
• Portuguese: degrau (pt) m
• Romanian: treaptă (ro)
• Russian: ступе́нька (ru) f (stupénʹka), ступе́нь (ru) f (stupénʹ)
• Slovak: sprušľa f, šprusľa f
• Spanish: peldaño (es) m
• Swedish: pinne (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: སྐས་གདང (skas gdang)
• Venetian: scalin m, scałin m
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

crosspiece between chair legs

• Bulgarian: напречник (bg) m (naprečnik)
• Catalan: barrot (ca) m
• Finnish: poikkipuu (fi), piena (fi)
• French: barreau (fr) m
• Galician: travesa (gl) f, tranco m, travesallo m
• German: Querstab m
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• Irish: runga m
• Italian: traversa (it) f
• Polish: poprzeczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: travessa (pt) f
• Russian: перекла́дина (ru) f (perekládina)
• Spanish: travesaño (es) m

a position in a hierarchy

• Bulgarian: стъпало (bg) n (stǎpalo)
• Spanish: escalón (es) m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rung

1. past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell)
2. (chiefly dialectal) simple past of ring
   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, VI:

     With ecchoing Shouts the vaulted Chamber rung, / Belle Chuck was now the TOAST of ev'ry Tongue.

Adjective

rung (not comparable)

1. Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.
   • 1842, American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine (volume 13, page 335)

     […] he passed by his gate with a decided scowl on his furrowed brow, and grunting and growling like a newly rung pig.

   • 1919, Popular Science (volume 95, number 4, page 31)

     A "rung" pig is comfortable as long as he confines his food hunt to the surface of the ground. Ringing a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements must be made for handling the big ones.

Usage notes

Rang and rung are incorrect for the past of ring in the sense of encircle, where ringed is used instead.

Rung as a simple past is usually considered incorrect.

Further reading

• Rung in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• gurn

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Atong (India)

Etymology

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

rung

1. logboat, dugout canoe

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

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Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရုံး (rum:).

Noun

rung

1. office

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Verb

rung • (㧤, 容, 慵, 搈, 𢫝, 𢲣, 𢴋, 𢹈)

1. to put in motion; to shake; to agitate; to ring (bell)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• rung cảm
• rung lắc
• rung rinh (từ láy)