# rang
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: răng; IPA: /ɹæŋ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æŋ
* Homophone: wrang

### Verb

rang
* simple past of ring (only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)

#### Usage notes

Rang and rung are incorrect for the past of ring in the sense of encircle.

### Anagrams

* ARNG, Gran, NARG, gRNA, garn, gnar, gran, grna, narg

## Atong (India)
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raŋ/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

rang (Bengali script রাং)
* a type of traditional brass drum or gong

##### See also

* rangkha
* rangsyl

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-raŋ (“rain”).

#### Noun

rang (Bengali script রাং)
* rain

##### See also

* rangbrym
* rangbyrym
* rangchinek
* rangdylekpa
* rangra
* rangsan

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈraŋ]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈraŋk]

### Noun

rang m (plural rangs)
* rank, status
* (mathematics) rank
    rang d'una matriu ― rank of a matrix
* row
* (statistics) range

### Further reading

* “rang”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “rang” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “rang” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ranɡ/, [ʁɑŋˀ]
* Rhymes: -ɑŋˀ

### Noun

rang c (singular definite rangen, not used in plural form)
* rank
* precedence

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɑŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑŋ

### Noun

rang m (plural rangen, diminutive rangetje n)
* rank

#### Derived terms

* rangschikken
* voorrang

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: rang

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ranc, from Old French renc, reng, ranc, rang, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle”). Cognate with Dutch ring, German Ring, English ring.

### Pronunciation

* (France) IPA: /ʁɑ̃/
* (Quebec) IPA: /ʁã/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rang m (plural rangs)
* row or line of things placed side-by-side
    Synonym: rangée (objects only)
* rank or position in a series or hierarchy
    Synonyms: caste, classe, place, position
* (knitting) a knitting course
* (Canada, geography) a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road
* (Canada, geography) the road serving such a series of plots
* (military, uncountable) the non-officers of an army, taken as a group

#### Usage notes

The expression in Xth rank uses the preposition à in French: au cinquième rang (“in fifth place/rank”). See also place.

#### Derived terms

* au rang de
* de rang
* en rang
* en rang d’oignon
* rangs
* rentrer dans le rang
* rompre les rangs
* serrer les rangs

#### Related terms

* file
* ranger

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: rang
* → German: Rang
* → Romanian: rang
* → Italian: rango
* → Piedmontese: rangh
* → Haitian Creole: ran
* → Russian: ранг (rang)
* → Sicilian: rangu, rannu
* → Spanish: rango

### Further reading

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

## Garo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

rang
* gong

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁaŋ/, (northern also) [ʁaŋk]
* Rhymes: -aŋ

### Verb

rang
* first/third-person singular preterite of ringen

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɒŋɡ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ

### Noun

rang (plural rangok)
* rank
* place, standing, status (in society)

#### Derived terms

* rangos
* rangú
* ranglétra

### Further reading

* rang in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ɾˠɑŋɡ/
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /ɾˠaːŋɡ/
* (Aran, Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ɾˠaŋ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French rang (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”).

#### Noun

rang m (genitive singular ranga, nominative plural ranganna)
* rank
** row, line
    Synonyms: líne, sraith
** order, station
* (education, biology) class

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
rang
ranganna
vocative
a rang
a ranganna
genitive
ranga
ranganna
dative
rang
ranganna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an rang
na ranganna
genitive
an ranga
na ranganna
dative
leis an rang don rang
leis na ranganna :

##### Derived terms

* ardrang (“senior class”)
* bunrang (“beginner class”)
* máistir-rang (“masterclass”)
* rang teagaisc (“tutorial; teaching session”)
* rangaigh (“classify; grade, assort”, verb)
* rangóir m (“ranker”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

rang f (genitive singular rainge, nominative plural ranga)
* Alternative form of reang (“loin”)
* Alternative form of reang (“scar; crease, wrinkle”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
rang
ranga
vocative
a rang
a ranga
genitive
rainge
rang
dative
rang
ranga
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an rang
na ranga
genitive
na rainge
na rang
dative
leis an rang don rang
leis na ranga :

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

rang m (genitive singular rang, nominative plural rangaí)
* Alternative form of runga (“rung”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
rang
rangaí
vocative
a rang
a rangaí
genitive
rang
rangaí
dative
rang
rangaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an rang
na rangaí
genitive
an rang
na rangaí
dative
leis an rang don rang
leis na rangaí :

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* “rang”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Khalaj

| Perso-Arabic | Perso-Arabic | رَنگ |

### Alternative forms

* rəng

### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian رنگ (rang).

### Pronunciation

* (Xarrâbî) IPA: [ɾaŋɡ]

### Noun

rang (definite accusative rangı, plural ranglar)
* colour

#### Declension
### References

* Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

## Mandarin
### Romanization

rang
* Nonstandard spelling of rāng.
* Nonstandard spelling of ráng.
* Nonstandard spelling of rǎng.
* Nonstandard spelling of ràng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Via German Rang from French rang

### Noun

rang m (definite singular rangen, uncountable)
* rank

#### Derived terms

* annenrangs
* rangstige

### References

* “rang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “rang_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Via German Rang from French rang

### Noun

rang m (definite singular rangen, uncountable)
* rank

#### Derived terms

* rangstige

### References

* “rang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romani
### Etymology

From Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga).

### Noun

rang m (plural rang)
* colour

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

### Noun

rang n (uncountable)
* rank

#### Declension
## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* rangas, reangas, rong, rongas, rung, rungas

### Etymology

From Old Norse rangar (“rib”)

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /rˠãɣ/

### Noun

rang m (plural rangan)
* rung
* rib, joining spar
* rubbing piece on the gunwale of a boat

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French rang. Cognate of German Rang, Danish rang, Dutch rang, English rank. Doublet of harang.

#### Noun

rang c
* rank, status
* top tier
    en atlet av rang ― a top-tier athlete

##### Derived terms

* göra någon rangen stridig
* rangordna
* rangordning
* rangskillnad

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

rang
* past indicative of ringa

### Anagrams

* garn, gran

## Tat
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian رَنگ (rang).

### Noun

rang
* color

## Uzbek

Other scripts :
| Yangi Imlo | |
| Cyrillic | ранг‍ |
| Latin | rang‍ |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) | |

### Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Classical Persian رنگ (rang).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɾæŋʲ]
* Hyphenation: rang

### Noun

rang (plural ranglar)
* color

#### Declension
## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [zaːŋ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʐaːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ɹaːŋ˧˧]

### Verb

rang • (𤎜, 󰸡/⿰火揚)
* to roast (usually rice, beans, black pepper, corn, etc.) in a pan; compare nướng (“to roast directly over fire or charcoal”)
    bắp rang (bơ)roast maize/corn or buttered popcorn

## Zazaki
### Etymology

From Persian رنگ (rang).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾaŋɡ/

### Noun

rang
* color