ラン

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English run.[1]

Noun

ラン • (ran

  1. run (act or instance of running)
  2. (computing) run (execution of a program)
    Synonym: 実行 (jikkō)
  3. (baseball, in compounds) run (score in baseball)
Derived terms

Verb

ランする • (ran surusuru (stem ラン (ran shi), past ランした (ran shita))

  1. to run
  2. (computing) to run (a program)
    Synonym: 実行 する (jikkō suru)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Laon.[1]

Proper noun

ラン • (Ran

  1. Laon (a city in Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of ラン – see the following entries.
らんJ
[noun] an orchid
[noun] a style of 家紋 (kamon, family crest), featuring designs of orchid flowers and/or leaves
[noun] (archaic) synonym of 藤袴 (fujibakama): Eupatorium fortunei, a type of flower of the family Asteraceae
[proper noun] short for 阿蘭陀, 和蘭, 和蘭陀 (Oranda): Holland, the Netherlands, Dutch
[proper noun] a female given name
[proper noun] a surname
LAN
[noun] LAN (local area network)
(This term, ラン (ran), is the katakana spelling of the above terms.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN