# rancio
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rancio. Doublet of rance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɑ̃.sjo/

### Noun

rancio m (plural rancios)
* the soft, mellow quality acquired by brandy as it is aged

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* arrancio, rencio

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ranço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rancidus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈranθjo/ [ˈran̪.θjʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈranθjo/ [ˈran̪.θjʊ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈransjo/ [ˈran.sjʊ]
* Rhymes: -anθjo
* Rhymes: -anθjo
* Rhymes: -ansjo
* Hyphenation: ran‧cio

### Adjective

rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural rancios, feminine plural rancias)
* rancid
* (figurative) old-fashioned, outdated
    Synonym: anticuado

### Noun

rancio m (plural rancios)
* rancidity

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ranço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rança”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rancio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rancio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rancio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈran.t͡ʃo/
* Rhymes: -antʃo
* Hyphenation: ràn‧cio

### Etymology 1

Apheresis of arancio (“orange”).

#### Alternative forms

* ranceo (uncommon)

#### Adjective

rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural ranci, feminine plural rance)
* (obsolete or literary) orange
    Synonym: arancione

#### Further reading

* rancio$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *rancius, from Classical Latin rancidus (“rancid, rank”).

#### Adjective

rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural ranci, feminine plural rance)
* (obsolete) rancid
    Synonym: rancido

##### Related terms

* irrancidire
* rancido

#### Further reading

* rancio$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish rancho. Doublet of ranch and rancho.

#### Noun

rancio m (plural ranci)
* (military) each of the main meals given out to soldiers daily
* (by extension) meal
    Synonym: pasto
* (historical, military) each of the fixed groups into which a ship's crew was subdivided for meal consumption and cleaning of the mess
* (nautical, regional) Synonym of branda

#### Further reading

* rancio$^3$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 4

Akin to granchio (“crab”).

#### Noun

rancio m (plural ranci)
* (southern Italy) Synonym of scampo (“prawn”)
* (southern Italy) Synonym of grancevola (“spiny spider crab”)

#### Further reading

* rancio$^4$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Anrico, Cornia, Norcia, Ornica, ancori, canori, carino, corani, cornai, cranio, inarco, inarcò

## Neapolitan
### Alternative forms

* ranco

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin arāneus. Compare Italian ragno.

### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [ˈraɲ.d͡ʒə]

### Noun

rancio m (plural rancie)
* spider

### References

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 485: “il ragno; i ragni” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rancidus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈranθjo/ [ˈrãn̟.θjo]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈransjo/ [ˈrãn.sjo]
* Rhymes: -anθjo
* Rhymes: -ansjo
* Syllabification: ran‧cio

### Adjective

rancio (feminine rancia, masculine plural rancios, feminine plural rancias)
* rancid
* stale (butter or cheese)
* mellow, old (wine)
* (figurative) ancient, long-established
* (figurative, derogatory) old-fashioned, antiquated, conservative
** 2018 August 24, Javier Ocaña, “La vocación de lo rancio”, in El País‎, Madrid, →ISSN:Cuando parecía que ya no se hacían películas así, Michael Radford y sus acompañantes han compuesto La música del silencio, biografía cinematográfica del tenor italiano Andrea Bocelli […] sobre un artista que seguramente no se merecía una producción tan rancia, tanto en lo interno como en lo externo.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2021 December 3, Sami Naïr, “Un candidato del odio en Francia”, in El País‎, retrieved 2022-01-08:Se llama Éric Zemmour, oriundo de Argelia y encarna en una sola persona el racismo anti-musulmán, el antisemitismo y el antieuropeísmo más rancio.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2021 December 11, José Sámano, “Santana, un grande de hoy, ayer y mañana”, in El País‎:Santana fue el embrión de Santana, del tenis español. Y todo por su cuenta, en tiempos de franciscana austeridad, del rancio franquismo y con el deporte entroncado al paleolítico.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* enranciar
* neorrancio
* rancidez

#### Descendants

* → French: rancio

### Noun

rancio m (plural rancios)
* curmudgeon

### Further reading

* “rancio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* incoar, ración