Masculine

rang

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine) row or line of things placed side-by-side
  2. (masculine) rank or position in a series or hierarchy
  3. (masculine) a knitting course
  4. (Canada, masculine) a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road
  5. (Canada, masculine) the road serving such a series of plots
  6. (masculine, uncountable) the non-officers of an army, taken as a group

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁɑ̃/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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