rung

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
2. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
3. (figuratively) A position in a hierarchy.
4. (dated) A floor timber in a ship.
5. (dated) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
6. (dated) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
7. (dated) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Verb

1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell)
2. (dialectal, form-of, past) simple past of ring

Adj

Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.

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ring

• Noun
• Verb
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Lees meer

Sinonieme

step

stair

spoke

stave

rundle

footstep

crosspiece

round

level

partitioning

rank

segmentation

shelf

social standing

staff

trave

sectionalization

walking

🚶

sectionalisation

step flyer

bar

step iron

batten

class

crossbeam

damming

division

echelon

ledge

Vertalings

Sprosse

piolo

escalón

treeplank

tree

opstap

opstapje

marche

Stufe

peldaño

barreau

gradino

trede

échelon

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹʌŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English:

Geërf van Old English: hrung

Verwante met Goties: 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰

In summary

From Middle English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō. Cognate with Dutch rong (“pole, stanchion”), German Runge (“stake, pole, stanchion”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰 (hrugga, “a staff”).