ranch
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Old French#RANCHCategory:English terms derived from Germanic languages#RANCHCategory:English terms derived from Frankish#RANCHRecorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American SpanishCategory:English terms derived from Spanish#RANCH rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/Category:English 1-syllable words#RANCHCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RANCH
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/Category:English 1-syllable words#RANCHCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RANCH
- Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ, -æntʃCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːntʃ#RANCHCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːntʃ/1 syllable#RANCHCategory:Rhymes:English/æntʃ#RANCHCategory:Rhymes:English/æntʃ/1 syllable#RANCH
- Hyphenation: ranch
Noun
ranch (countable and uncountable, plural ranches)Category:English lemmas#RANCHCategory:English nouns#RANCHCategory:English uncountable nouns#RANCHCategory:English countable nouns#RANCHCategory:English countable nouns#RANCHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RANCHCategory:Pages with entries#RANCHCategory:Pages with 7 entries#RANCH
- A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”Category:English terms with quotations#RANCH
- A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
- A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#RANCH) Ranch dressing.
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
ranch (third-person singular simple present ranches, present participle ranching, simple past and past participle ranched)Category:English lemmas#RANCHCategory:English verbs#RANCHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RANCHCategory:Pages with entries#RANCHCategory:Pages with 7 entries#RANCH
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#RANCH, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#RANCH) To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
- Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.Category:English terms with usage examples#RANCH
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#RANCH, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#RANCH) To work on a ranch.
- Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.Category:English terms with usage examples#RANCH
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Danish terms derived from English#RANCH ranch.
Noun
ranch c (singular definite ranchen, plural indefinite rancher)Category:Danish lemmas#RANCHCategory:Danish nouns#RANCHCategory:Danish terms spelled with C#RANCHCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#RANCHCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#RANCHCategory:Pages with entries#RANCHCategory:Pages with 7 entries#RANCH
- a ranch
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ranch | ranchen | rancher | rancherne |
| genitive | ranchs | ranchens | ranchers | ranchernes |
Derived terms
See also
References
- “ranch” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#RANCHCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#RANCH ranch, from SpanishCategory:Dutch terms derived from Spanish#RANCH rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ranch m (plural ranches or ranchen, diminutive ranchje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#RANCHCategory:Dutch nouns#RANCHCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -es#RANCHCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#RANCHCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#RANCHCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#RANCHCategory:Pages with entries#RANCHCategory:Pages with 7 entries#RANCH
- ranch, notably livestock breeding farm, especially in North America and in other English-speaking countries
Related terms
- rancher m
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Haitian Creole terms derived from French#RAC hanche.
Pronunciation
Noun
ranchCategory:Haitian Creole lemmas#RACCategory:Haitian Creole nouns#RACCategory:Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header#RACCategory:Pages with entries#RANCHCategory:Pages with 7 entries#RANCH
References
- Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
Category:Italian terms derived from Spanish#RANCHCategory:Italian terms derived from Old French#RANCHCategory:Italian terms derived from Germanic languages#RANCHCategory:Italian terms derived from Frankish#RANCHBorrowed from EnglishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from English#RANCHCategory:Italian terms derived from English#RANCH ranch. Cognate with English rank; doublet of rancioCategory:Italian doublets#RANCH.
Noun
ranch m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#RANCHCategory:Italian nouns#RANCHCategory:Italian countable nouns#RANCHCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#RANCHCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#RANCHCategory:Italian masculine nouns#RANCHCategory:Pages with entries#RANCHCategory:Pages with 7 entries#RANCH
- a ranch, notably livestock breeding farm
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from English#RANCHCategory:Romanian terms derived from English#RANCH ranch.
Noun
ranch n (plural ranch-uri)Category:Romanian lemmas#RANCHCategory:Romanian nouns#RANCHCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#RANCHCategory:Romanian countable nouns#RANCHCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#RANCHCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#RANCHCategory:Pages with entries#RANCHCategory:Pages with 7 entries#RANCH
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | ranch | ranch-ul | ranch-uri | ranch-urile |
| genitive-dative | ranch | ranch-ului | ranch-uri | ranch-urilor |
| vocative | ranch-ule | ranch-urilor | ||
Swedish
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Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from English#RANCHCategory:Swedish terms derived from English#RANCH ranch.
Noun
ranch cCategory:Swedish lemmas#RANCHCategory:Swedish nouns#RANCHCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#RANCHCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#RANCHCategory:Pages with entries#RANCHCategory:Pages with 7 entries#RANCH
- a ranch (in North America)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | ranch | ranchs |
| definite | ranchen | ranchens | |
| plural | indefinite | rancher | ranchers |
| definite | rancherna | ranchernas |
See also
- boskap (“cattle”)
- cowboy
- farm
- gård
- ranchdressing
References
- “ranch”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “ranch”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “ranch”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)