rand
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind.
Noun[edit]
rand (plural rands)
- (obsolete, now dialect) The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
- (obsolete, now dialect) A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
- 1621 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, OCLC 3083972, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- They came with chopping-knives / To cut me into rands and sirloins
- (dialect) A border, edge or rim.
- At the wald's rand.
- A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
- (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
References[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand.
Noun[edit]
rand (plural rands or rand)
- a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
- The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See rant.
Verb[edit]
rand (third-person singular simple present rands, present participle randing, simple past and past participle randed)
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch rand, from Middle Dutch rant, from Old Dutch *rant, from Proto-Germanic *randaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand (plural rande or rand)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch rant, from Old Dutch *rant, from Proto-Germanic *randaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand m (plural randen, diminutive randje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From either Proto-Balto-Slavic *kranta or Proto-Norse [script needed] (*stranđa). Compare German Strand (“beach”), Lithuanian krantas (“beach, shore”) and Finnish ranta (“shore, beach, bank”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand (genitive ranna, partitive randa)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rand | rannad |
genitive | ranna | randade |
partitive | randa | rande / randasid |
illative | randa / rannasse | randadesse / rannesse |
inessive | rannas | randades / rannes |
elative | rannast | randadest / rannest |
allative | rannale | randadele / rannele |
adessive | rannal | randadel / rannel |
ablative | rannalt | randadelt / rannelt |
translative | rannaks | randadeks / ranneks |
terminative | rannani | randadeni |
essive | rannana | randadena |
abessive | rannata | randadeta |
comitative | rannaga | randadega |
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand m (plural rands)
- rand (currency)
Ludian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to Finnish ranta.
Noun[edit]
rand
Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand m (collective, singulative randa, paucal randiet)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand f or m (definite singular randa or randen, indefinite plural render, definite plural rendene)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Afrikaans rand (named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district)
Noun[edit]
rand m (definite singular randen, indefinite plural rand, definite plural randene)
- rand (monetary unit of South Africa)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand f (definite singular randa, indefinite plural render, definite plural rendene)
- stripe
- med lette Smaasky, lagd i langa Render
- with small light clouds laid in long stripes
- type, nature, tendency (to do something)
- brim (e.g. of a glass)
- edge
Usage notes[edit]
Although Old Norse rǫnd meant edge, the Norwegian word traditionally lacks that meaning.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Afrikaans rand, named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district.
Noun[edit]
rand m (plural randen)
- rand (monetary unit of South Africa)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand f (definite singular randa, indefinite plural rander, definite plural randene)
References[edit]
- “rand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “rand”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō, from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Old Norse rǫnd (“edge, rim; (poetic) shield”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand m (nominative plural randas)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: rand
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand m (plural rands)
- rand (numismatics unit of South Africa)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse rǫnd, cognate with Icelandic rönd.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand c
Declension[edit]
Declension of rand | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rand | randen | ränder | ränderna |
Genitive | rands | randens | ränders | rändernas |
Veps[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to Estonian rand and Finnish ranta.
Noun[edit]
rand
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of rand | |||
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nominative sing. | rand | ||
genitive sing. | randan | ||
partitive sing. | randad | ||
partitive plur. | randoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rand | randad | |
accusative | randan | randad | |
genitive | randan | randoiden | |
partitive | randad | randoid | |
essive-instructive | randan | randoin | |
translative | randaks | randoikš | |
inessive | randas | randoiš | |
elative | randaspäi | randoišpäi | |
illative | ? | randoihe | |
adessive | randal | randoil | |
ablative | randalpäi | randoilpäi | |
allative | randale | randoile | |
abessive | randata | randoita | |
comitative | randanke | randoidenke | |
prolative | randadme | randoidme | |
approximative I | randanno | randoidenno | |
approximative II | randannoks | randoidennoks | |
egressive | randannopäi | randoidennopäi | |
terminative I | ? | randoihesai | |
terminative II | randalesai | randoilesai | |
terminative III | randassai | — | |
additive I | ? | randoihepäi | |
additive II | randalepäi | randoilepäi |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “берег, край, сторона”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Võro[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to Estonian rand and Finnish ranta.
Noun[edit]
rand (genitive ranna, partitive randa)
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Inflection[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rand | rannaq |
accusative | ranna | rannaq |
genitive | ranna | randõ |
partitive | randa | randõ |
illative | randa | randõ randõhe |
inessive | rannan rannahn |
rannõn rannõhn |
elative | rannast | rannõst |
allative | rannalõ | rannõlõ |
adessive | rannal | rannõl |
ablative | rannalt | rannõlt |
translative | rannas | rannõs |
terminative | rannaniq | rannõniq |
abessive | rannaldaq | rannõldaq |
comitative | rannagaq | randõgaq |
Synonyms[edit]
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Westrobothnian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse rǫnd, rönd (“stripe, streak, edge”).
Noun[edit]
rand m (definite plural ranän)
- A rafter under the roof, on which wood is set to dry.
- (in the plural) Rafters between the walls of an outhouse at a fair distance from the floor and apart from each other, to set upon any tools during seasons when not in use, or anything else one wishes to be rid of; scaffolding under the roof for laying up firewood, timber, etc.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse rǫnd, rönd (“stripe, streak, edge”).
Noun[edit]
rand f (definite plural rendren)
- Potato trench.
- Stripe, streak.
- (figuratively) A streak, a tendency or characteristic.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
rand n
- An aspen or birch circle bound together with root fibres, which with a cow udder is made a sieve.
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