rantsoen

• IPA^(key): /rɑntˈsun/

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• Rhymes: -un

From French ration, from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem. Doublet of ratio.

rantsoen n (plural rantsoenen, diminutive rantsoentje n)

1. ration

• Negerhollands: rantsoen
• → Caribbean Javanese: rangsum, rangsuman
• → Indonesian: ransum
• → Papiamentu: djarasón, djaransón

From Middle Dutch rantsoen, ransoen, rasoen, from Old French raençon, from Latin redēmptiō, redēmptiōnem. Doublet of redemptie.

rantsoen n (plural rantsoenen, diminutive rantsoentje n)

1. (obsolete) synonym of losgeld (“ransom”)

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rantsoen1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rantsoen2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute