rung

Meaning

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

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Synonyms

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

Translations

Sprosse

piolo

escalón

treeplank

tree

opstap

opstapje

marche

Stufe

peldaño

barreau

gradino

trede

échelon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹʌŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English:

Inherited from Old English: hrung

Cognate with Gothic: 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”).