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Etymology 1

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    From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range.

    Cognates

    More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)).

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    ring (plural rings)

    1. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
      2. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
        Synonyms: annulus, hoop, torus
      4. (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
        His brother gifted him a ring for the engagement.
      5. (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
      6. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
      7. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
        onion rings; calamari rings
      8. In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
      9. (vulgar) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
        Lick my ring
      10. (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
      11. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
    2. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
      1. A circular group of people or objects.
        a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
      2. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
      3. (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
    3. A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
      a ring of grime around the bathtub
    4. (Internet) Ellipsis of webring.
      • 2002, Feroz Khan, Information Society in Global Age, page 100:
        Individuals looking to add their own homepage to a particular ring are, however, more or less at the mercy of the ringmaster, who often maintains a ring homepage listing its acceptance (or membership) policies and an index of its member sites.
    5. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
      • 1707, Edmund Smith, Phaedra and Hippolitus:
        Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, / Where youthful charioteers contend for glory.
      • 2009 January 19, 0:14 from the start, in Meet the Soldier‎[1], spoken by Soldier (Rick May), Bellevue, Washington: Valve Corporation, via YouTube, archived from the original on 2 February 2025:
        “If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight!” Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little more about fighting than you do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor.
      1. The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
    7. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
      a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)
      • 1877, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England:
        the ruling ring at Constantinople
      • 1928, Upton Sinclair, Boston:
        It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot.
      • 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
        In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
    8. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
      a benzene ring
    9. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
    10. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
    11. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
      • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168:
        The ring is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e., is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties
    12. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
      • 2007, Steve Anson, Steve Bunting, Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation, page 70:
        Kernel Mode processes run in ring 0, and User Mode processes run in ring 3.
    13. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
    14. (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
    15. (networking) A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
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    Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
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    Descendants
    • → French: ring
      • → Romanian: ring
    • → Hungarian: ring
    • → Italian: ring
    • → Japanese: リング
    • → Polish: ring
    • → Portuguese: ringue
    • → Serbo-Croatian: ring
    • → Spanish: ring
    • → Turkish: ring
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    • A boxing ring.
      A boxing ring.
    • A ring on a finger.
      A ring on a finger.
    • The rings of a tree.
      The rings of a tree.
    • The circus ring.
      The circus ring.
    • A ring on a bird's leg.
      A ring on a bird's leg.
    • The rings of Saturn.
      The rings of Saturn.

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    ring (third-person singular simple present rings, present participle ringing, simple past and past participle ringed)

    1. (transitive) To enclose or surround.
      The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
      • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
        Today, when stepping off the train, you're presented with a bright and airy concourse that's ringed with a variety of facilities.
    2. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
      They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
      • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 50:
        The ironbark trees are "rung" at a certain height top and bottom, and the bark detached in one sheet; it is then wetted, and laid out flat on the ground, huge stones being placed to keep it from rolling up again.
    3. (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
      We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
      • 1919, Popular Science, volume 95, number 4, page 31:
        Ringing a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements must be made for handling the big ones.
    4. (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
      to ring a pig’s snout
    5. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
    6. (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
      • A. Woodley, Trio: 3 short stories
        Gabe said that as Derry had only caught part of the conversation, it's possible that they were discussing a film, it was bad enough that they'd unwittingly been brought into ringing cars, adding drugs into it was far more than either of them could ever be comfortable with.
      • 2019 (10 December), Ross McCarthy, Digbeth chop shop gang jailed over £2m stolen car racket (in Birmingham Live) [3]
        They used two bases in Digbeth to break down luxury motors, some of which were carjacked or stolen after keys were taken in house raids. The parts were then fitted to salvaged cars bought online. […] Jailing the quartet, a judge at Birmingham Crown Court said it was a "car ringing on a commercial and substantial scale".
    7. (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
      • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 289:
        ‘I was ringing for your dad out there at Haddon Hill the year you was born. It was a good year for calves.’
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    Etymology 2

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      From Middle English ringen, from Old English hrinġan (“to ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną. Cognate with Dutch ringen, Swedish ringa. Of imitative origin.

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      ring (plural rings)

      1. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
        The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.
        The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.
      2. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
        The name has a nice ring to it.
      3. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
        Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood.
      4. (colloquial) A telephone call.
        I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.
      5. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
      6. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
        St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.
        • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
          as great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the world
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      ring (third-person singular simple present rings, present participle ringing, simple past rang or (nonstandard) rung, past participle rung)

      1. (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
        The bells were ringing in the town.
      2. (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
        The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
      3. (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
        They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells.
      4. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
        Whose mobile phone is ringing?
      5. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
        That does not ring true.
      7. (transitive, colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
        I will ring you when we arrive.
      8. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
        • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 40:
          […] And many an old philosophy
          ⁠On Argive heights divinely sang,
          ⁠And round us all the thicket rang
          To many a flute of Arcady.
        • [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
          So he spoke, and it seemed there was a little halting at first, as of men not liking to take Blackbeard's name in Blackbeard's place, or raise the Devil by mocking at him. But then some of the bolder shouted 'Blackbeard', and so the more timid chimed in, and in a minute there were a score of voices calling 'Blackbeard, Blackbeard', till the place rang again.
        • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
          It is instructive for us to learn as well as to ponder on the fact that "the very men who looked down with delight, when the sand of the arena reddened with human blood, made the arena ring with applause when Terence in his famous line: ‘Homo sum, Nihil humani alienum puto’ proclaimed the brotherhood of man."
      9. (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
        • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:
          Four Bells admit Twenty-four changes in Ringing
      10. To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
        • 1983, T.C. Knudsen, John Hempstead, A Man's Guide to Women:
          The checkout girl rang it into his total, and he paid the bill.
        • 1990, The New Zealand Law Reports - Volume 3, page 75:
          On presentation of the item at the checkout the original price sticker was concealed from the checkout assistant and a sticker of $38.88 exhibited on the item. The checkout operator rang on the lesser sum, a mistake known to Dronjak. He was subsequently charged with theft.
        • 2011, Tracy E Whipple, A Friend's Last Gift, page 88:
          . The new cashier rang something twice and had to call for the manager to fix the register.
      11. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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      Etymology 3

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        From a shortening of German Zahlring (“number(s) ring”) (coined by German mathematician David Hilbert in 1892).[1] Apparently first used in English in 1930, E. T. Bell, “Rings whose elements are ideals,” Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.[2]

        The symbol ℤ represents the ring of integers.

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        ring (plural rings)

        1. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
          The set of integers, , is the prototypical ring.
        2. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
          The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set of even integers to be a ring.
          Synonym: rng
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          (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

          English Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia

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          ring (plural rings)

          1. (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.[3]
          2. (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
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          1. ^ 1962, Harvey Cohn, A Second Course in Number Theory, Wiley, 1980, Advanced Number Theory, Dover, Unabridged republication, page 49.
          2. ^ Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (R)
          3. ^ Gerald B. Folland (©1999), Real Analysis : Modern Techniques and Their Applications, Second edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, §1.2, page 24

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          Afrikaans

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          Etymology

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          From Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

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          ring (plural ringe)

          1. ring, hollow circular object

          Atong (India)

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

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          ring

          1. taro

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          Balinese

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          Borrowed from Old Javanese riṅ. Compare to Javanese ꦲꦶꦁ (ing, “in, on, at”).

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          ring (Balinese script ᬭᬶᬂ)

          1. (basa alus) in, at
            Synonym: (basa biasa) di
            Ring Bali wénten danu patpat: Batur, Beratan, Tambilingan miwah Buyan. ― There are four lakes in Bali: Batur, Beratan, Tambilingan and Buyan.
            lianan ring ― besides
            ring ajeng ― in front of
            ring arep ― in front of
            ring dija? ― (at) where?
            Ring dija ragané magenah? ― Where do you live?
            Ring dija ragané mekarya? ― Where do you work?
            ring jero ― inside
            ring pidan? ― when? (past time reference)
            Ring pidan ipun rauh? ― When did he come?
            ring sapunapi ― sometime(s), from time to time

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          • “ring”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

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          Adjective

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          ring

          1. (of weight) light

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          • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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          ring m inan

          1. ring (place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar)

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          Declension of ring (velar masculine inanimate)
          singular plural
          nominative ring ringy
          genitive ringu ringů
          dative ringu ringům
          accusative ring ringy
          vocative ringu ringy
          locative ringu rinzích
          instrumental ringem ringy

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          From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

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          ring c (singular definite ringen, plural indefinite ringe)

          1. ring
          2. circle
          3. halo
          4. hoop
          5. coil
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          Declension of ring
          common
          gender           		singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative ring ringen ringe ringene
          genitive rings ringens ringes ringenes
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          Etymology 2

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          Verbal noun to ringe (“to ring”).

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          ring n (singular definite ringet, plural indefinite ring)

          1. (archaic) ring (the resonant sound of a bell, a telephone call)
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          Declension of ring
          neuter
          gender           		singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative ring ringet ring ringene
          genitive rings ringets rings ringenes

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          See ringe.

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          ring

          1. imperative of ringe

          Dutch

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          Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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          From Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

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          ring m (plural ringen, diminutive ringetje n)

          1. ring, hollow circular object
          2. (gymnastics) ring
          3. beltway, ring road
          4. (Mormonism) stake (territorial division)

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          Estonian

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          Etymology

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          From Middle Low German rink. Compare German Ring. See also rõngas.

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          ring (genitive ringi, partitive ringi)

          1. circle

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          Declension of ring (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
          singular plural
          nominative ring ringid
          accusative nom.
          gen. ringi
          genitive ringide
          partitive ringi ringe
          ringisid
          illative ringi
          ringisse           		ringidesse
          ringesse
          inessive ringis ringides
          ringes
          elative ringist ringidest
          ringest
          allative ringile ringidele
          ringele
          adessive ringil ringidel
          ringel
          ablative ringilt ringidelt
          ringelt
          translative ringiks ringideks
          ringeks
          terminative ringini ringideni
          essive ringina ringidena
          abessive ringita ringideta
          comitative ringiga ringidega

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          Etymology

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          From English ring (sense 1) and Dutch ring (sense 2).

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          ring m (plural rings)

          1. (sports, chiefly combat sports) ring
          2. (Belgium) ring road, beltway

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          Garo

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          Noun

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          ring

          1. boat

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          ring

          1. singular imperative of ringen
          2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of ringen

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          From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

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          ring

          1. (intransitive) to swing, to rock
            Synonyms: billeg, inog, ingadozik, himbálózik, himbálódzik
          2. (intransitive, of a ship) to sway, to roll
            Synonyms: ringatózik, ringatódzik, dülöng, dülöngél, himbálódzik, himbálózik
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          Conjugation of ring
          Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
          informal           		3rd person sg,
          2nd p. sg formal           		1st person pl 2nd person pl
          informal           		3rd person pl,
          2nd p. pl formal
          indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. ringok ringsz ring ringunk ringtok ringnak
          def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
          2nd obj
          past indef. ringtam ringtál ringott ringtunk ringtatok ringtak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          future
          Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. ringni fog.
          archaic
          preterite           		indef. ringék ringál ringa ringánk ringátok ringának
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ring vala, ringott vala/volt.
          archaic future indef. ringandok ringandasz ringand ringandunk ringandotok ringandanak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          condi­tional pre­sent indef. ringnék ringnál ringna ringnánk ringnátok ringnának
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ringott volna
          sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. ringjak ringj or
          ringjál           		ringjon ringjunk ringjatok ringjanak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          (archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ringott légyen
          infinitive ringni ringnom ringnod ringnia ringnunk ringnotok ringniuk
          other
          forms           		verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
          ringás ringó ringott ― ringva (ringván)
          Potential conjugation of ring
          Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
          informal           		3rd person sg,
          2nd p. sg formal           		1st person pl 2nd person pl
          informal           		3rd person pl,
          2nd p. pl formal
          indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. ringhatok ringhatsz ringhat ringhatunk ringhattok ringhatnak
          def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
          2nd obj
          past indef. ringhattam ringhattál ringhatott ringhattunk ringhattatok ringhattak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          archaic
          preterite           		indef. ringhaték ringhatál ringhata ringhatánk ringhatátok ringhatának
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ringhat vala, ringhatott vala/volt.
          archaic future indef. ringhatandok
          or ringandhatok           		ringhatandasz
          or ringandhatsz           		ringhatand
          or ringandhat           		ringhatandunk
          or ringandhatunk           		ringhatandotok
          or ringandhattok           		ringhatandanak
          or ringandhatnak
          def. ―
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          condi­tional pre­sent indef. ringhatnék ringhatnál ringhatna ringhatnánk ringhatnátok ringhatnának
          def. ―
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          past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ringhatott volna
          sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. ringhassak ringhass or
          ringhassál           		ringhasson ringhassunk ringhassatok ringhassanak
          def. ―
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          (archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ringhatott légyen
          infinitive (ringhatni) (ringhatnom) (ringhatnod) (ringhatnia) (ringhatnunk) (ringhatnotok) (ringhatniuk)
          other
          forms           		positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
          ― ― (ringhatva / ringhatván)

          or

          Conjugation of ring
          Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
          informal           		3rd person sg,
          2nd p. sg formal           		1st person pl 2nd person pl
          informal           		3rd person pl,
          2nd p. pl formal
          indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. ringok ringasz ring ringunk ringotok ringanak
          def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
          2nd obj
          past indef. ringottam ringottál ringott ringottunk ringottatok ringottak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          future
          Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. ringani fog.
          archaic
          preterite           		indef. ringék ringál ringa ringánk ringátok ringának
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ring vala, ringott vala/volt.
          archaic future indef. ringandok ringandasz ringand ringandunk ringandotok ringandanak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          condi­tional pre­sent indef. ringanék ringanál ringana ringanánk ringanátok ringanának
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ringott volna
          sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. ringjak ringj or
          ringjál           		ringjon ringjunk ringjatok ringjanak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          (archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ringott légyen
          infinitive ringani ringanom ringanod ringania ringanunk ringanotok ringaniuk
          other
          forms           		verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
          ringás ringó ringott ― ringva (ringván)
          Potential conjugation of ring
          Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
          informal           		3rd person sg,
          2nd p. sg formal           		1st person pl 2nd person pl
          informal           		3rd person pl,
          2nd p. pl formal
          indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. ringhatok ringhatsz ringhat ringhatunk ringhattok ringhatnak
          def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
          2nd obj
          past indef. ringhattam ringhattál ringhatott ringhattunk ringhattatok ringhattak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          archaic
          preterite           		indef. ringhaték ringhatál ringhata ringhatánk ringhatátok ringhatának
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ringhat vala, ringhatott vala/volt.
          archaic future indef. ringhatandok
          or ringandhatok           		ringhatandasz
          or ringandhatsz           		ringhatand
          or ringandhat           		ringhatandunk
          or ringandhatunk           		ringhatandotok
          or ringandhattok           		ringhatandanak
          or ringandhatnak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          condi­tional pre­sent indef. ringhatnék ringhatnál ringhatna ringhatnánk ringhatnátok ringhatnának
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ringhatott volna
          sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. ringhassak ringhass or
          ringhassál           		ringhasson ringhassunk ringhassatok ringhassanak
          def. ―
          2nd obj
          (archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ringhatott légyen
          infinitive (ringhatni) (ringhatnom) (ringhatnod) (ringhatnia) (ringhatnunk) (ringhatnotok) (ringhatniuk)
          other
          forms           		positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
          ― ― (ringhatva / ringhatván)
          Derived terms
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          Etymology 2

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          From English ring.[2]

          Noun

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          ring (plural ringek)

          1. (dated, boxing) ring, boxing ring (space in which a boxing match is contested)
            Synonym: szorító
          Declension
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          Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
          singular plural
          nominative ring ringek
          accusative ringet ringeket
          dative ringnek ringeknek
          instrumental ringgel ringekkel
          causal-final ringért ringekért
          translative ringgé ringekké
          terminative ringig ringekig
          essive-formal ringként ringekként
          essive-modal — —
          inessive ringben ringekben
          superessive ringen ringeken
          adessive ringnél ringeknél
          illative ringbe ringekbe
          sublative ringre ringekre
          allative ringhez ringekhez
          elative ringből ringekből
          delative ringről ringekről
          ablative ringtől ringektől
          non-attributive
          possessive – singular           		ringé ringeké
          non-attributive
          possessive – plural           		ringéi ringekéi
          Possessive forms of ring
          possessor single possession multiple possessions
          1st person sing. ringem ringjeim
          2nd person sing. ringed ringjeid
          3rd person sing. ringje ringjei
          1st person plural ringünk ringjeink
          2nd person plural ringetek ringjeitek
          3rd person plural ringjük ringjeik

          References

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          1. ^ ring in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
          2. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

          Further reading

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          • (to roll, sway, swing): ring in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
          • (boxing ring): ring in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
          • (in economy, cf. cartel): ring in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

          Indonesian

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          Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia id

          Pronunciation

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          Etymology 1

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          Onomatopoeic.

          Noun

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          ring (plural ring-ring)

          1. (onomatopoeia) sound of bell

          Etymology 2

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          From Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of langsir.

          Noun

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          ring

          1. ring,
            1. a circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
              Synonyms: cincin, gelang
            2. boxing ring
          2. (colloquial) circle
            Synonym: lingkaran

          Further reading

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          Middle English

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          Noun

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          ring

          1. alternative form of ryng

          Mizo

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          Etymology 1

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            From Proto-Kuki-Chin *riŋ (“loud”).

            Adjective

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            ring (stem II rin)

            1. loud

            Etymology 2

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              From Proto-Kuki-Chin *riŋ (“to believe, trust”).

              Verb

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              ring (stem II rin)

              1. to believe
              2. to trust
              3. to depend on
              4. to prepare, get ready

              Norwegian Bokmål

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              Etymology 1

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              From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

              Noun

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              ring m (definite singular ringen, indefinite plural ringer, definite plural ringene)

              1. ring; a circular piece of material
              2. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
              Derived terms
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              Etymology 2

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              Verb

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              ring

              1. imperative of ringe

              References

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              Norwegian Nynorsk

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              Alternative forms

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              Etymology

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              From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

              Pronunciation

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              Noun

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              ring m (definite singular ringen, indefinite plural ringar, definite plural ringane)

              1. ring; a circular piece of material
              2. a circle
              3. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place

              Derived terms

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              Verb

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              ring

              1. imperative of ringja and ringa

              References

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              Old High German

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              Alternative forms

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              Etymology

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              From Proto-West Germanic *hring.

              Noun

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              ring m

              1. ring (object in the shape of a circle)

              Declension

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              Declension of ring (masculine a-stem)
              case singular plural
              nominative ring ringā, ringa
              accusative ring ringā, ringa
              genitive ringes ringo
              dative ringe ringum
              instrumental ringu —

              Descendants

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              Polish

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              Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
              Wikipedia pl

              Etymology

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              Borrowed from English ring. Doublet of ranga, rynek, krąg, and kręg.

              Pronunciation

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              Noun

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              ring m inan (related adjective ringowy)

              1. (boxing) boxing ring

              Declension

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              Declension of ring
              singular plural
              nominative ring ringi
              genitive ringu ringów
              dative ringowi ringom
              accusative ring ringi
              instrumental ringiem ringami
              locative ringu ringach
              vocative ringu ringi

              Further reading

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              • ring in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
              • ring in Polish dictionaries at PWN

              Portuguese

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              Etymology

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              Unadapted borrowing from English ring.

              Noun

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              ring m (plural rings)

              1. alternative form of ringue

              Serbo-Croatian

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              Etymology 1

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              Borrowed from English ring.

              Noun

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              rȉng m inan (Cyrillic spelling ри̏нг, nominative plural rìngovi)

              1. (sports) ring (place where some sports take place, e.g. boxing)
              Declension
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              This entry needs an inflection-table template.

              Etymology 2

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              Borrowed from German Ring.

              Noun

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              rȉng m inan (Cyrillic spelling ри̏нг, nominative plural rìngovi)

              1. ring (worn on the finger)
              Declension
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              This entry needs an inflection-table template.

              Spanish

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              Etymology

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              Borrowed from English ring. Doublet of rancho.

              Noun

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              ring m (plural rings)

              1. (boxing) ring

              Further reading

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              Swedish

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              Pronunciation

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              • Audio; “en ring”:(file)

              Etymology 1

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              From Old Swedish ringer, from Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

              Noun

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              ring c

              1. ring; a circular piece of material
              2. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
              3. (mathematics) A ring, algebraic structure
              4. (mathematics) A ring, planar geometrical figure
              5. (astronomy) A ring, collection of material orbiting some planets
              6. Each of the (usually three) years in a Swedish gymnasium (highschool)
                Ann började nyss andra ring.
                Ann recently began her second year at the gymnasium.
              Declension
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              Declension of ring
              nominative genitive
              singular indefinite ring rings
              definite ringen ringens
              plural indefinite ringar ringars
              definite ringarna ringarnas
              Derived terms
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              Etymology 2

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              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

              Verb

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              ring

              1. imperative of ringa

              References

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              West Frisian

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              Etymology

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              From Old Frisian hring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring. Cognate with English ring, Dutch ring, Saterland Frisian Ring.

              Noun

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              ring c (plural ringen, diminutive rinkje)

              1. ring, circle
              2. ring (jewelry)

              Derived terms

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              Further reading

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              • “ring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

              Yola

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              Etymology

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              From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring.

              Pronunciation

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              Noun

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              ring

              1. ring
                • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 96:
                  A peepeare struck ap; wough dansth aul in a ring;
                  The piper struck up, we danced all in a ring,

              References

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              • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96
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