rana

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

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“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: ran‧a
• Rhymes: -ana

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.

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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/

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

Onomatopoeic of croaking.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rāna f (genitive rānae); first declension

1. a frog

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

• Mozarabic:

  Arabic: غْرانة‎ (grana)

  Hebrew: גראנה‎ (grana)

• 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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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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rana n

1. definite plural of ran

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/

• Audio

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *rana

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

Etymology 2

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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

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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, portal Fran

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrana/

• Audio

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Noun

rana f (plural ranas)

1. frog

Derived terms

• renacuajo m, ranacuajo m
• ancas de rana
• cuando las ranas críen pelo
• hombre rana
• rana toro
• salga sapo o salga rana

 

See also

• sapo m

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Tiruray

Noun

rana

1. rain