English

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Etymology

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Spanish, properly, a mess, mess room. Compare ranch.

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Noun

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rancho (plural ranchos or ranchoes)

  1. (US, regional) A simple hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers may lodge at night.
  2. (US, regional) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.
    • 1840, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast:
      The nearest house, they told us, was a rancho, or cattle-farm, about three miles off.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rancho”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish rancho.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrant͡ʃo/, [ˈrãɲ.t͡ʃo]
  • Hyphenation: ran‧cho

Noun

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rancho

  1. ranch
    Synonym: ranchería

Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Unknown

Noun

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rancho m (plural ranchos)

  1. piglet
    Synonyms: bácoro, leitón, lercho

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish rancho

Noun

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rancho m (plural ranchos)

  1. mess (food set for a group of people); especially in jail, military

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish rancho, deverbal of rancharse (to get ready, to settle in a place); 16th century military terminology from French se ranger (to arrange onself), from rang (row, line), from Frankish *hring.

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Noun

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rancho m (plural ranchos)

  1. settlement
  2. ranch (small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock)
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Further reading

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  • rancho in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish rancho.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈran.t͡ʂɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant͡ʂɔ
  • Syllabification: ran‧cho

Noun

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rancho n

  1. (agriculture) Alternative spelling of ranczo

Declension

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Indeclinable.

Further reading

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  • rancho in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rancho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old French se ranger (to be quartered, take up a position).

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Noun

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rancho m (plural ranchos)

  1. hut; rancho (primitive house)
    Synonym: casebre
  2. mess (food set for a group of people); especially in jail
  3. a group of people doing something together
  4. ranch (large plot for livestock); especially one in the western United States
  5. (carnaval) a representation of the pastoral lifestyle

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrant͡ʃo/ [ˈrãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -antʃo
  • Syllabification: ran‧cho

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from rancharse (to get ready, to settle in a place); 16th century military terminology from French se ranger (to arrange onself), from rang (row, line), from Frankish *hring.

Noun

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rancho m (plural ranchos)

  1. ranch
  2. shed, barn
  3. grotty grub
  4. mess (mealtime)
  5. (nautical) crew's quarters
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: ranxo
  • English: ranch
  • Polish: ranczo

Etymology 2

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Verb

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rancho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ranchar

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