rancor

English

Alternative forms

• rancour (Commonwealth)

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century as Middle English rancour, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæŋ.kɚ/
• Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: ranker

Noun

rancor (countable and uncountable, plural rancors)

1. The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

   I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.

Derived terms

• rancorous
• rancorously

Related terms

• rancid

Translations

the deepest malignity or spite

• Armenian: քեն (hy) (kʿen)
• Asturian: rancor m
• Dutch: rancune (nl), wrok (nl)
• Finnish: kauna (fi), katkeruus (fi), viha (fi)
• French: rancune (fr) f
• German: Groll (de) m
• Hebrew: איבה‎ (he) f (eyvá)
• Hungarian: rosszakarat (hu), gyűlölet (hu)

• Irish: aicis f
• Maori: kaikino, hūneinei, hūngeingei
• Occitan: rancura f
• Portuguese: rancor (pt) m
• Romanian: ranchiună (ro) f, pică (ro) f, rancoare f
• Russian: злопамятство (ru) n (zlopamjatstvo), затаённая не́нависть f (zatajónnaja nénavistʹ)
• Spanish: rencor (es) m
• Turkish: hiddet (tr), öfke (tr)

References

• rancor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Carron, Cranor

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Asturian

Noun

rancor m (plural rancores)

1. rancor (the deepest malignity or spite)

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Latin

Etymology

ranc(eō) (“I am rotten, putrid”) +‎ -or (“-ness”, abstract noun suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈran.kor/, [ˈraŋ.kɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈran.kor/, [ˈraŋ.kor]

Noun

rancor m (genitive rancōris); third declension (Late Latin)

1. rancidity, stench, rankness
2. grudge, rancor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rancor	rancōrēs
Genitive	rancōris	rancōrum
Dative	rancōrī	rancōribus
Accusative	rancōrem	rancōrēs
Ablative	rancōre	rancōribus
Vocative	rancor	rancōrēs

Descendants

• Portuguese: rancor
• Spanish: rencor
• Catalan: rancor
• Occitan: rancur
• Old French: rancor, rancure
  • Dutch: rankeur
  • English: rancor
  • French: rancœur, rancune
• Italian: rancore

References

• rancor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rancor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rancor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Middle English

Noun

rancor

1. Alternative form of rancour

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Old French

Alternative forms

• rancour
• rancueur

Noun

rancor f (oblique plural rancors, nominative singular rancor, nominative plural rancors)

1. ill-will; negative opinion or intention

Descendants

• English: rancor, rancour
• French: rancœur

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rancor (“rancor; putridity”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃.ˈkoɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃.ˈkoʁ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): [ʁɐ̃.ˈkoɹ], [-ɾ]
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [hɐ̃.ˈkoɻ], [-ɾ]
• Hyphenation: ran‧cor

Noun

rancor m (plural rancores)

1. (usually uncountable) rancor; grudge (deep seated animosity)

   Ainda guardamos rancor pelo que fizeram conosco.

   We still hold a grudge for what you did to us.

   Synonyms: odiosidade, ressentimento

Related terms

• rancorejar
• rancorosamente
• rancoroso