rance
See also: Rance
English edit
Etymology edit
Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɹæns/, /ɹɑːns/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æns, -ɑːns
Noun edit
rance (countable and uncountable, plural rances)
- A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
- (Scotland) A prop or shore.
- A round or spreader between the legs of a chair.
Verb edit
rance (third-person singular simple present rances, present participle rancing, simple past and past participle ranced)
- (Scotland, transitive) To prop or shore up.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Old (14th century), borrowed from Latin rancidus. Doublet of rancio.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rance (plural rances)
Further reading edit
- “rance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.