ranger

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From range (verb) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)

Noun[edit]

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.
  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[edit]

Translations[edit]

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Verb[edit]

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[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From rang.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

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).

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From English.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ranger m or f (plural rangers)

  1. a ranger, one who looks after a region

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

ranger

  1. imperative of rangere

Portuguese[edit]

FWOTD – 4 September 2014

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ran‧ger

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

    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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English ranger.

Noun[edit]

ranger m (plural rangeri)

  1. ranger

Declension[edit]

Declension of ranger
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ranger rangerul (niște) rangeri rangerii
genitive/dative (unui) ranger rangerului (unor) rangeri rangerilor
vocative rangerule rangerilor
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