ranca
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
ranca
- feminine singular of ranc
Esperanto
Etymology
Derived from Latin rancidus (“rotten, putrid, stinking”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrant͡sa/
- Rhymes: -ant͡sa
- Hyphenation: ran‧ca
Adjective
ranca (accusative singular rancan, plural rancaj, accusative plural rancajn)
- rancid (being rank in taste or smell)
- La lardo ranciĝis en la ŝranko.
- The bacon went rancid in the cupboard.
- 1970, Louis Beaucaire, “Averto”, in Kruko kaj Baniko el Bervalo[1], →ISBN, →OL, archived from the original on 8 December 2004:
- Pruduloj, hipokrituloj, fariseoj, bigotoj, akvotrinkantoj, ĉastafektuloj, senseksuloj, fridpisuloj, abstinemuloj, malabsintemuloj, flavmienaj virtuloj, rancaj gevirguloj, vi verŝajne malatente legis la titolon de tiu ĉi anekdotaro. La libro ne estas por vi!
- Prudes, hypocrites, Pharisees, bigots, water drinkers, people who affect chastity, the sexless, people with cold piss, people who like to abstain, people who dislike absinthe, yellow-faced virtuous people, rancid virgins, you apparently inattentively read the title of this collection of anecdotes. The book is not for you!
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈranka/ [ˈrãŋ.ka]
- Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: ran‧ca
Verb
ranca
- inflection of rancar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Sundanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rawaq (“swamp”). Cognate to Indonesian rawa, Tagalog lawa (“lake”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ranˈt͡ʃa/
Noun
ranca (Sundanese script ᮛᮔ᮪ᮎ)