rana

See also: Rana, rána, raña, ranã, rană, rână, and råna

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Noun

rana f (plural ranes)

1. frog (amphibian)

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Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrana/
• Hyphenation: ra‧na
• Rhymes: -ana

Adjective

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

1. (rare) 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.

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   • 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.

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

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

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   • 2017, Ĥristina Kozlovska, "La bankoficisto", tr. by Petro Palivoda, in Beletra Almanako, Vol. 29, Mondial, →ISBN, page 74.

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

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Hausa

Noun

rānā f (plural rā̀nàikū, possessed form ran)

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

Derived terms

• rana-rana (“occasionally”)

Adverb

rāna

1. in the daytime

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːna

Noun

rana

1. indefinite accusative singular of rani
2. indefinite dative singular of rani
3. indefinite genitive singular of rani
4. indefinite accusative plural of rani
5. indefinite genitive plural of rani

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Noun

rana f (plural rane)

1. a frog
2. (swimming, singular only) breaststroke

Related terms

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

See also

• girino

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Latin

Etymology

Imitative of croaking.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.na/

Noun

rāna f (genitive rānae); first declension

1. a frog

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rāna	rānae
Genitive	rānae	rānārum
Dative	rānae	rānīs
Accusative	rānam	rānās
Ablative	rānā	rānīs
Vocative	rāna	rānae

Derived terms

• rānivorus (New Latin)
• rānunculus

Descendants

• Asturian: rana
• French: raine
• Hawaiian: lana
• Italian: rana

• Old Portuguese rãa
  • Galician ra
  • Portuguese: rã
• Spanish: rana

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, 1883–1887)
• rana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) ranene

(of verb)

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

Noun

rana n

1. definite plural of ran

Verb

rana

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rana n

1. definite plural of ran

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/

• Audio

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Noun

rana f

1. 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

Further reading

• rana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rana.

Noun

rana f (genitive [please provide], nominative plural [please provide])

1. wound (injury)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at wound. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see rana in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) January 2009

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Noun

rana f (plural ranas)

1. frog

Derived terms

• renacuajo m, ranacuajo m

See also

• sapo m

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Tiruray

Noun

rana

1. rain