rand

See also: Rand, RAND, and rând

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

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

rand (plural rands)

1. (obsolete, now dialect) The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
2. (obsolete, now dialect) A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

3. (dialect) A border, edge or rim.

   At the wald's rand.

4. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
5. (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

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

rand (plural rands or rand)

1. a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

Translations

a rocky slope

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currency of South Africa

• Afrikaans: rand (af)
• Arabic: رَانْد m (rand)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘭特／兰特 (zh) (lántè), 兰特 (zh) (lántè)

• Danish: rand (da) c
• German: Rand (de) m
• Greek: ραντ n (rant)
• Hindi: रेंड (reṇḍ)
• Japanese: ランド (rando)
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• Korean: 랜드 (raendeu)
• Malay: rand
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rand (no) m

  Nynorsk: rand m

• Portuguese: rand (pt) m
• Russian: ранд (ru) m (rand)
• Swahili: randi

See also

• Wikipedia article on the rand

Etymology 3

See rant.

Verb

rand (third-person singular simple present rands, present participle randing, simple past and past participle randed)

1. (obsolete) To rant; to storm.
   • J. Webster

     I wept, […] and raved, randed, and railed.

Anagrams

• DNAR, DNRA, Nard, andr-, darn, nard, rDNA, rdna

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rand, from Middle Dutch rant, from Old Dutch *rant, from Proto-Germanic *randaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɐnt/

Noun

rand (plural rande or rand)

1. edge, border
2. rand (currency)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rant, from Old Dutch *rant, from Proto-Germanic *randaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑnt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: rand
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

rand m (plural randen, diminutive randje n)

1. edge, brink, rim

Derived terms

• bosrand
• grasrand
• randcrimineel
• randdebiel
• randfiguur
• rouwrand
• stoeprand

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rand

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Estonian

Etymology

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”).

Noun

rand (genitive ranna, partitive randa)

1. beach

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French

Noun

rand m (plural rands)

1. rand (currency)

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Ludian

Etymology

Related to Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand

1. shore

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Maltese

Etymology

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

Noun

rand m

1. bay (herb)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫnd

Noun

rand f or m (definite singular randa or randen, indefinite plural render, definite plural rendene)

1. edge
2. brim (e.g. of a glass)

Derived terms

• randhav

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans rand (named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district)

Noun

rand m (definite singular randen, indefinite plural rand, definite plural randene)

1. rand (monetary unit of South Africa)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫnd

Noun

rand f (definite singular randa, indefinite plural render, definite plural rendene)

1. edge
2. brim (e.g. of a glass)

Derived terms

• randhav

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans rand (named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district)

Noun

rand m (definite singular randen, indefinite plural rand, definite plural randane)

1. rand (monetary unit of South Africa)

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō, from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, prop or support oneself”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑnd/

Noun

rand m (nominative plural randas)

1. edge, brink, margin
2. (poetic) boss (of a shield); shield

   He under rande gecranc ― he sank under his shield. (Beowulf)

Descendants

• English: rand

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Portuguese

Noun

rand m (plural s)

1. rand (currency unit of South Africa)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrand/

• Audio

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Noun

rand c

1. edge, border
2. stripe, streak

Declension

Declension of rand
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rand	randen	ränder	ränderna
Genitive	rands	randens	ränders	rändernas

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Veps

Etymology

Related to Estonian rand and Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand

1. coast, shore
2. beach
3. end, edge, boundary
4. land, country

Derived terms

• randaline
• randatoi
• randišt
• kodirand
• kül'bendrand
• randird

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “берег, край, сторона”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Võro

Etymology

Related to Estonian rand and Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand (genitive ranna, partitive randa)

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2. beach, shore

Inflection

Inflection of rand

	singular	plural
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

• viiviir'

Derived terms

• Elevandiluurand

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

1. A rafter under the roof, on which wood is set to dry.
2. 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

From .

Noun

1. Potato trench.
2. Stripe, streak.
3. A streak, a tendency or characteristic.

Etymology 3

Noun

1. An aspen or birch circle bound together with root fibres, which with a cow udder is made a sieve.