ranc

From Gothic *𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (*wragks, “twisted”), from *𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*wragkjan, “to twist”), from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną. Cognate to Galician ranquear, English wrench.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈraŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈraŋk]

ranc (feminine ranca, masculine plural rancs, feminine plural ranques)

1. lame, crippled

• ranquejar

• “ranc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• rang

From Old French ranc, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hring (“ring”).

ranc m (plural rancs)

1. rank (position of a person, place, thing, or idea)

• French: rang
• → Middle English: rank
  • English: rank

From Proto-West Germanic *rank.

• IPA^(key): /rɑnk/, [rɑŋk]

ranc

1. proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, froward, overbearing
2. showy; mature, full-grown
3. noble, bold, valiant, courageous

• oferranc (“extravagant”)

• English: rank

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “ranc”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ranc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.