rung

Significat (Anglès)

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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Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

esglaó

graó

divisió

segmentació

partició

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

Sprosse

opstap

escalón

opstapje

treeplank

piolo

tree

Stufe

marche

peldaño

scalino

gradino

barreau

sport

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

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Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà:

Heretat de anglès antic: hrung

Cognat amb gòtic: 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”).