ranger

See also: Ranger

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der.

Proto-Celtic *reketi

Gaulish *rekosbor.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der.

Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder.

Proto-Germanic *rankaz

Frankish *rankbor.?

Vulgar Latin *rencus

Old French reng

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Old French rengierbor.

Middle English rengen

English range

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English ranger

From range (verb) + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒɚ/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæ̝ɪ̯nd͡ʒə/
• Rhymes: -eɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ran‧ger

Noun

ranger (plural rangers)

1. One who ranges; a rover.
   1. A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
2. A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
3. (obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     The tamis raunger.

4. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
5. (military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
6. (literature, roleplaying games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
7. (roleplaying games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.

Derived terms

• bushranger
• long ranger
• long-ranger
• PowerPoint ranger
• Rangerette
• ranger file
• ranger panties
• rangership
• Rangers Valley
• ranger vest
• rump ranger
• Texas ranger
• underranger

Translations

one who ranges; a rover

• Catalan: explorador m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 遊俠 / 游侠 (jau⁴ hap⁶) (fantasy)

• Czech: tulák (cs) m

keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region — see also forest ranger,‎ park ranger

• Catalan: guardabosc (ca) m
• Czech: správce parku
• Esperanto: arbargardisto
• Icelandic: landvörður m
• Japanese: 動物管理官 (どうぶつかんりかん, dōbutsu kanri kan)
• Latin: saltuārius m
• Malay: renjer
• Persian: رنجر (renjer)
• Romanian: pădurar (ro)
• Spanish: alimañero (es) m, guardaparque (es) m or f, guardacaza m, montaraz (es) m, montanero (es) m, guardabosque (es) m or f, rányer c (United States), guardabosques (es) m or f, guardamonte (es) m, guardamontes m
• Tagalog: tanod-gubat
• Turkish: korucu (tr), bekçi (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: قوریجی (korucu, korıcı)

• Zazaki: bekçi, weyner

a dog that beats the ground in search of game

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Czech: hraničář m
• Greek: ρέιτζερ m (réitzer)
• Japanese: レンジャー (ja) (renjā)
• Serbo-Croatian: ренџер m (rendžer)

Verb

ranger (third-person singular simple present rangers, present participle rangering, simple past and past participle rangered)

1. (rare, transitive) To work as a ranger.
   • 1993, Robert Kammen, Rattlers Roost, page 59:

     Just like down in Texas when I was rangering, you just keep turning over rocks […]

   • 2011, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove:

     He saw men long dead whom he had rangered with, saw Pedro Flores and Pea Eye and a redheaded whore he had taken up with for a month in his riverboating days.

Anagrams

• Garner, Garren, Graner, garner

French

Etymology 1

From rang +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.ʒe/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

ranger

1. to order, to arrange
2. to put away, to put aside, to stack away, to stow
3. (transitive) to park (a car)
4. (reflexive, se ranger) to go along

   Elle s'est rangée à son avis.

   She went along with him.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written range- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of ranger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ranger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rangeant /ʁɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rangé /ʁɑ̃.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	range /ʁɑ̃ʒ/	ranges /ʁɑ̃ʒ/	range /ʁɑ̃ʒ/	rangeons /ʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	rangez /ʁɑ̃.ʒe/	rangent /ʁɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect	rangeais /ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	rangeais /ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	rangeait /ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	rangions /ʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	rangiez /ʁɑ̃.ʒje/	rangeaient /ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	rangeai /ʁɑ̃.ʒe/	rangeas /ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	rangea /ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	rangeâmes /ʁɑ̃.ʒam/	rangeâtes /ʁɑ̃.ʒat/	rangèrent /ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
	future	rangerai /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	rangeras /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	rangera /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	rangerons /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/	rangerez /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	rangeront /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rangerais /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	rangerais /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	rangerait /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	rangerions /ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	rangeriez /ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/	rangeraient /ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	range /ʁɑ̃ʒ/	ranges /ʁɑ̃ʒ/	range /ʁɑ̃ʒ/	rangions /ʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	rangiez /ʁɑ̃.ʒje/	rangent /ʁɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect2	rangeasse /ʁɑ̃.ʒas/	rangeasses /ʁɑ̃.ʒas/	rangeât /ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	rangeassions /ʁɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	rangeassiez /ʁɑ̃.ʒa.sje/	rangeassent /ʁɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	range /ʁɑ̃ʒ/	—	rangeons /ʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	rangez /ʁɑ̃.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written range- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of se ranger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se ranger
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se rangeant /sə ʁɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		rangé /ʁɑ̃.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me range /mə ʁɑ̃ʒ/	te ranges /tə ʁɑ̃ʒ/	se range /sə ʁɑ̃ʒ/	nous rangeons /nu ʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	vous rangez /vu ʁɑ̃.ʒe/	se rangent /sə ʁɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect	me rangeais /mə ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	te rangeais /tə ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	se rangeait /sə ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	nous rangions /nu ʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	vous rangiez /vu ʁɑ̃.ʒje/	se rangeaient /sə ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	me rangeai /mə ʁɑ̃.ʒe/	te rangeas /tə ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	se rangea /sə ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	nous rangeâmes /nu ʁɑ̃.ʒam/	vous rangeâtes /vu ʁɑ̃.ʒat/	se rangèrent /sə ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
	future	me rangerai /mə ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	te rangeras /tə ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	se rangera /sə ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	nous rangerons /nu ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/	vous rangerez /vu ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	se rangeront /sə ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me rangerais /mə ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	te rangerais /tə ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	se rangerait /sə ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	nous rangerions /nu ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous rangeriez /vu ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/	se rangeraient /sə ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me range /mə ʁɑ̃ʒ/	te ranges /tə ʁɑ̃ʒ/	se range /sə ʁɑ̃ʒ/	nous rangions /nu ʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	vous rangiez /vu ʁɑ̃.ʒje/	se rangent /sə ʁɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect2	me rangeasse /mə ʁɑ̃.ʒas/	te rangeasses /tə ʁɑ̃.ʒas/	se rangeât /sə ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	nous rangeassions /nu ʁɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	vous rangeassiez /vu ʁɑ̃.ʒa.sje/	se rangeassent /sə ʁɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	range-toi /ʁɑ̃ʒ.twa/	—	rangeons-nous /ʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃.nu/	rangez-vous /ʁɑ̃.ʒe.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• bataille rangée
• se ranger des bécanes
• se ranger des voitures

Related terms

• déranger

Descendants

• ⇒ Spanish: arranchar

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ranger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.dʒœʁ/

Noun

ranger m or f (plural rangers)

1. a ranger, one who looks after a region

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ranger

1. imperative of rangere

Portuguese

FWOTD – 4 September 2014

Alternative forms

• rangir

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese renger, from Vulgar Latin *ringīre, from Latin ringor (“to show one's teeth”). Cognate with Galician renxer (“creak, grind (one's teeth)”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒe(ʁ)/ [hɐ̃ˈʒe(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒe(ʁ)/ [hɐ̃ˈʒe(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒe(ɾ)/ [hɐ̃ˈʒe(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒe(ʁ)/ [χɐ̃ˈʒe(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒe(ɻ)/ [hɐ̃ˈʒe(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒe.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ran‧ger

Verb

ranger (first-person singular present ranjo, first-person singular preterite rangi, past participle rangido)

1. (intransitive) to creak (to make a prolonged sharp squeaking sound)
   • 2012 (originally 2011), George R. R. Martin, Alexandre Martins (translator), Ruas Estranhas (originally Down these strange streets), Casa da Palavra, page 212:

     A maldita porta rangeu quando a abri.

     The damn door creaked when I opened it.

2. (transitive) to grind (one’s teeth)
   • 2012, Mary Bath-Balogh, Margareth J. Fehrenbach, Anatomia, Histologia e Embriologia dos Dentes e Estruturas Orofaciais, Elsevier, page 358:

     Em pacientes que apresentam o hábito de apertamento dental ou de ranger os dentes (bruxismo), […]

     In patients who exhibit the habit dental squeezing or of grinding their teeth (bruxism), […]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ranger (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ranger
Personal	ranger	rangeres	ranger	rangermos	rangerdes	rangerem
Gerund
	rangendo
Past participle
Masculine	rangido			rangidos
Feminine	rangida			rangidas
Indicative
Present	ranjo	ranges	range	rangemos	rangeis	rangem
Imperfect	rangia	rangias	rangia	rangíamos	rangíeis	rangiam
Preterite	rangi	rangeste	rangeu	rangemos	rangestes	rangeram
Pluperfect	rangera	rangeras	rangera	rangêramos	rangêreis	rangeram
Future	rangerei	rangerás	rangerá	rangeremos	rangereis	rangerão
Conditional	rangeria	rangerias	rangeria	rangeríamos	rangeríeis	rangeriam
Subjunctive
Present	ranja	ranjas	ranja	ranjamos	ranjais	ranjam
Imperfect	rangesse	rangesses	rangesse	rangêssemos	rangêsseis	rangessem
Future	ranger	rangeres	ranger	rangermos	rangerdes	rangerem
Imperative
Affirmative		range	ranja	ranjamos	rangei	ranjam
Negative (não)		não ranjas	não ranja	não ranjamos	não ranjais	não ranjam

Further reading

• “ranger”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ranger”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ranger.

Noun

ranger m (plural rangeri)

1. ranger

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ranger	rangerul	rangeri	rangerii
genitive-dative	ranger	rangerului	rangeri	rangerilor
vocative	rangerule		rangerilor