rangement

English

Etymology

Compare French rangement.

Noun

rangement (plural rangements)

1. (obsolete) arrangement

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rangement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

ranger +‎ -ment

Noun

rangement m (plural rangements)

1. (uncountable) place where things are tidied away, e.g. cupboards, shelves, etc.
   • Cet appartement est bien, mais il manque d’espaces de rangement.
2. action of tidying things away
   • La famille était en plein rangement de la maison quand nous sommes arrivés.

     The family was busy tidying the house as we arrived.

   • Le rangement n’est pas son fort.

     Tidying is not his strong point.

Further reading

• “rangement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• magnèrent, mangèrent