rana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rana"

Anguthimri

Noun

rana

1. (Mpakwithi) sky

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“frog”).

Noun

rana f (plural ranes)

1. frog (amphibian)

Balinese

Romanization

rana

1. Romanization of ᬭᬡ

Esperanto

Etymology

From rano (“frog”) +‎ -a (adjectival ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ran‧a

Adjective

rana (accusative singular ranan, plural ranaj, accusative plural ranajn)

1. Of, relating to or similar to frogs; frogly.
   • 1931, Erich Maria Remarque (Erich Paul Remark), La vojo returne, tr. by Joseph F. Berger, in Populara Esperanto-Biblioteko, No. 15, Heroldo de Esperanto, page 156.

     Printempe la foso estadis plena de rana frajo kaj algoj.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1991, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, La majstro kaj Margarita, tr. by Sergej B. Pokrovskij from Russian, in Serio Oriento-Okcidento, No. 26, Sezonoj (publ.), page 213.

     Lumineskaj putrolignaĵoj, fiksitaj antaŭ la muzikistoj sur la salikaj vergoj, prilumis la notojn, sur la ranaj muzeloj ludis la flagra lumo de la lignofajro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2006, Zifu Mao, Kantoj de Anteo, Mondial, →ISBN, page 180:

     vojo sur korpo. / lemno sub rana treta / piedo. marto / morta. kaj sendifekta / ŝraŭbo inenas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017, Ĥristina Kozlovska, “La bankoficisto”, in Petro Palivoda, transl., Beletra Almanako, volume 29, Mondial, →ISBN, page 74:

     Do anstataŭ rektiĝi kordosimile per sia tuta vira beleco, li faris iun strangan impetan ranan salton.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hausa

Etymology 1

Compare Egyptian rꜥ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽáː.náː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽáː.náː]

Noun

rānā f (plural rā̀nàikū, possessed form ran)

1. sun
2. heat of the sun
3. day

Derived terms

• rana-rana (“occasionally”)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽáː.ná/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽáː.nə́]

Adverb

rāna

1. in the daytime

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːna

Noun

rana

1. inflection of rani:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: ra‧na

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “war, battle”).

Noun

rana (plural rana-rana)

1. (archaic) war
2. (archaic) battle
3. (archaic) battlefield

   Synonym: medan perang

Adjective

rana

1. (archaic) daring
2. audacious, brave

   Synonym: berani

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “delight, pleasure, gladness, joy”).

Adjective

rana

1. joyful

   Synonym: riang

Etymology 3

Noun

rana (plural rana-rana)

1. Alternative spelling of ratna

Further reading

• “rana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: rà‧na

Noun

rana f (plural rane)

1. frog

   Synonym: (colloquial) ranocchia

2. (swimming, singular only) breaststroke

Related terms

• rana pescatrice
• ranista
• ranocchia
• ranocchiaia
• ranocchiesco
• ranocchio

See also

• girino

Javanese

Romanization

rana

1. Romanization of ꦫꦤ

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of croaking.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.na/, [ˈräːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/, [ˈräːnä]

Noun

rāna f (genitive rānae); first declension

1. a frog

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rāna	rānae
genitive	rānae	rānārum
dative	rānae	rānīs
accusative	rānam	rānās
ablative	rānā	rānīs
vocative	rāna	rānae

Derived terms

• rānivorus
• rānunculus

Descendants

• Asturian: rana
• Franco-Provençal: râna
• French: raine (obsolete)
• Italian: rana
• Old Galician-Portuguese: rãa
  • Galician: ra, ran
  • Portuguese: rã
• Romansch: rauna
• Spanish: rana
• → Translingual: Rana
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rānucula (see there for further descendants)
• → Hawaiian: lana

References

• “rana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "rana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

rana f (plural ranas)

1. frog

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• arana (achaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi rana, from ran + -a.

Adjective

rana

1. similar; alike
2. false, used in species names together with the name of another species they are similar to

   kakáu-rana

   false cacao

3. improvised; makeshift

Adverb

rana

1. precariously; in a makeshift manner

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “rana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 654

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ranene (of noun)

(of verb)

• ranet
• rante (simple past)
• rant (past participle)

Noun

rana n

1. definite plural of ran

Verb

rana

1. inflection of rane:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rana n

1. definite plural of ran

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑː.nɑ/

Noun

rāna

1. genitive plural of rā

Old Tupi

Etymology

From ran + -a.

Noun

rana (possessable)

1. similar; lookalike
2. a poorly made thing; shoddiness

Descendants

• Nheengatu: rana
• → Brazilian Portuguese: -rana

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “rana”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 427, column 1

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ra‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rana.

Noun

rana f (diminutive ranka)

1. (pathology) wound

Declension

Declension of rana

	singular	plural
nominative	rana	rany
genitive	rany	ran
dative	ranie	ranom
accusative	ranę	rany
instrumental	raną	ranami
locative	ranie	ranach
vocative	rano	rany

Derived terms

nouns

• boże rany

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rana n

1. inflection of rano:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• rana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râna/
• Hyphenation: ra‧na

Noun

rȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏на)

1. wound

Declension

Declension of rana

	singular	plural
nominative	rana	rane
genitive	rane	rana
dative	rani	ranama
accusative	ranu	rane
vocative	rano	rane
locative	rani	ranama
instrumental	ranom	ranama

Further reading

• “rana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rana

1. inflection of ran:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràːna/

Noun

rána f

1. wound, injury

Further reading

• “rana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrana/ [ˈra.na]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ra‧na

Noun

rana f (plural ranas)

1. frog

Derived terms

• ancas de rana
• cuando las ranas críen pelo
• hombre rana
• pan de ranas
• pata de rana
• rana de cristal
• rana de zarzal
• rana toro
• renacuajo m, ranacuajo m
• salga sapo o salga rana
• sana, sana, colita de rana

See also

• sapo m

Further reading

• “rana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tiruray

Noun

rana

1. rain