ran

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɹæn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

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Verb

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ran

  1. simple past of run
  2. simple past of rin
  3. (nonstandard, colloquial) past participle of run
    • 1731, Philippus van Limborch, translated by Samuel Chandler, The History of the Inquisition[1], volume 1, page 231:
      [] rather to convince the Underſtanding, than to be eaſily capable of being anſwered ; excuſing your ſelf that you have ran into an Error, ſo foreign as you have declared from your Intention, []
    • 1837, William Keary, Romanism exposed; or, Strictures on two lectures [] [2], Goddard and Brown, page 6:
      " Heretics and schismatics, because they rebel against her, and only belong to the church, as deserters to an army from which they have ran away ; []
    • 2012 March 5, Helen Summer, Running Crazy[3], John Blake Publishing, →ISBN, page 209:
      I’ve ran this event many times but in the year 2000, when we were running over the Bodmin Moor part of the course, it lashed down with large, freezing-cold hailstones.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ran (uncountable)

  1. (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

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etymologically unrelated terms

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Adjective

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ran

  1. (Uri) lanky, slender

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Arop-Lokep

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Noun

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ran

  1. water

Further reading

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ran

  1. Alternative form of arran

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Chuukese

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Noun

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ran

  1. day, daylight

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ran

  1. genitive plural of rána

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse rán.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /raːn/, [ʁɑːˀn]

Noun

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ran n (singular definite ranet, plural indefinite ran)

  1. open theft

Inflection

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Verb

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ran

  1. imperative of rane

German

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Etymology

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Shortened form of heran.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ran

  1. (colloquial) near, close to, over to
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Further reading

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  • ran” in Duden online
  • ran” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gilbertese

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Noun

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ran

  1. water

References

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  • Thomas Edward Dutton, Darrell T. Tryon, Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World (1994)

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French rang.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ran

  1. row, line
  2. rank, position

References

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  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Japanese

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Romanization

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ran

  1. Rōmaji transcription of らん

Karnai

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Noun

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ran

  1. water

Further reading

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Malasanga

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Noun

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ran

  1. water

Further reading

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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ran

  1. Nonstandard spelling of rán.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of rǎn.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Namakura

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Noun

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ran

  1. water

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse rán.

Noun

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ran n (definite singular ranet, indefinite plural ran, definite plural rana or ranene)

  1. a robbery
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ran

  1. imperative of rane

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Old Norse rán.

Noun

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ran n (definite singular ranet, indefinite plural ran, definite plural rana)

  1. a robbery

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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rān n (nominative plural rān)

  1. unlawful seizure of property; robbery

Declension

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References

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  • Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882
  • T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ran, from Proto-Tupian *ran.

    Adjective

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    ran (noun form rana)

    1. similar; alike; false
    2. shoddy; poorly made
    3. (figurative) rude; impolite

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    Polish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈran/
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Syllabification: ran

    Noun

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    ran f

    1. genitive plural of rana

    Noun

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    ran n

    1. genitive plural of rano

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ranъ (Russian ра́нний (ránnij), Polish rano).

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    Adjective

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    rȃn (Cyrillic spelling ра̑н, definite rȃnī, comparative rànijī)

    1. early
      Antonym: kȁsan
    2. premature

    Declension

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    References

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    • ran” in Hrvatski jezični portal

    Slovene

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Slavic *ranъ.

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    Adjective

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    rȃn (comparative ránejši, superlative nȁjránejši)

    1. early

    Inflection

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    The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Hard
    masculine feminine neuter
    nom. sing. rán rána ráno
    singular
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rán ind
    ráni def
    rána ráno
    genitive ránega ráne ránega
    dative ránemu ráni ránemu
    accusative nominativeinan or
    genitive
    anim
    ráno ráno
    locative ránem ráni ránem
    instrumental ránim ráno ránim
    dual
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rána ráni ráni
    genitive ránih ránih ránih
    dative ránima ránima ránima
    accusative rána ráni ráni
    locative ránih ránih ránih
    instrumental ránima ránima ránima
    plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative ráni ráne rána
    genitive ránih ránih ránih
    dative ránim ránim ránim
    accusative ráne ráne rána
    locative ránih ránih ránih
    instrumental ránimi ránimi ránimi

    Further reading

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    • ran”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

    Tok Pisin

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    Etymology

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    From English run.

    Noun

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    ran

    1. To run
      • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:14:
        Nem bilong namba 3 wara em Taigris na em i ran i go long hap sankamap bilong kantri Asiria. Na nem bilong namba 4 wara em Yufretis.
        →New International Version translation

    Ulau-Suain

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    Noun

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    ran

    1. water

    References

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    • Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

    Vietnamese

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    Etymology

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    Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 波散 (MC pa sanX) (modern SV: ba tản).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    ran

    1. to resound; to spread widely

    Welsh

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    Noun

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    ran

    1. Soft mutation of rhan.

    Mutation

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    Welsh mutation
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    rhan ran unchanged unchanged
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

    Welsh Romani

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    Noun

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    ran f

    1. rod, wand
    2. fishing rod

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    References

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    • ran” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.