rag

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹæɡ/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ɹaɡ/
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• Scotland, Wales: /ɾaɡ/
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• Australian: /ɹæːɡ/
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• New-Zealand: /ɹɛɡ/
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• /ɹæɡ/ without æ-raising before /ɡ/
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• [ˈɹwæɡ] without æ-raising before /ɡ/
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• /ɹeɪ̯ɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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• [ˈɹweɪ̯ɡ] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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• rhymes with -æɡ
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• CMU ARPABET: R AE1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg (suggested by derivative raggiġ (“shaggy; bristly; ragged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft; shagginess”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwa-, probably related to *rūhaz. Cognate with Swedish ragg. Related to rug.

Unknown origin; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.

Uncertain. Ideas about the scolding and tormenting senses being related to on the rag are only speculative.

Perhaps from ragged. Compare later ragtime.

236 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: leckë — piece of cloth
• Arabic: خِرْقَة (ḵirqa) — piece of cloth
• Arabic: خِرْقَة (ḵirga) — piece of cloth
• Armenian: ջնջոց (ǰnǰocʻ) — piece of cloth
• Armenian: լաթ (latʻ) — piece of cloth
• Armenian: շոր (šor) — piece of cloth
• Armenian: քուրջ (kʻurǰ) — piece of cloth
• Aromanian: cãrpã — piece of cloth
• Aromanian: peaticã — piece of cloth
• Azerbaijani: əski — piece of cloth
• Azerbaijani: cındır — piece of cloth
• Bashkir: сепрәк (seprək) — piece of cloth
• Belarusian: ану́ча (anúča) — piece of cloth
• Bulgarian: парца́л (parcál) — piece of cloth
• Catalan: drap — piece of cloth
• Cebuano: trapo — piece of cloth
• Chamicuro: chalachi — piece of cloth
• Chechen: горгам (gorgam) — piece of cloth
• Chichewa: nsanza — piece of cloth
• Chinese Mandarin: 抹布 (mābù) — piece of cloth
• Chinese Mandarin: 布 (bù) — piece of cloth
• Czech: hadr — piece of cloth
• Danish: klud — piece of cloth
• Dutch: vod — piece of cloth
• Dutch: lap — piece of cloth
• Dutch: lor — piece of cloth
• Dutch: klodde — piece of cloth
• Esperanto: ĉifono — piece of cloth
• Estonian: räbal — piece of cloth
• Finnish: rätti — piece of cloth
• Finnish: räsy — piece of cloth
• French: chiffon — piece of cloth
• French: fripe — piece of cloth
• Galician: trapo — piece of cloth
• Galician: farrapo — piece of cloth
• Galician: ciringallo — piece of cloth
• Galician: milfo — piece of cloth
• Galician: fargallo — piece of cloth
• Georgian: ჩვარი (čvari) — piece of cloth
• German: Lappen — piece of cloth
• Greek: κουρέλι (kouréli) — piece of cloth
• Ancient Greek: ῥάκος (rhákos) — piece of cloth
• Hebrew: סְמַרְטוּט (smartút) — piece of cloth
• Hindi: चिथड़ा (cithṛā) — piece of cloth
• Hindi: लत्ता (lattā) — piece of cloth
• Hungarian: rongy — piece of cloth
• Hunzib: тира́пка (tirápka) — piece of cloth
• Icelandic: tuska — piece of cloth
• Indonesian: lap — piece of cloth
• Ingrian: rätti — piece of cloth
• Ingush: герми (germi) — piece of cloth
• Irish: ceamach — piece of cloth
• Irish: ceirt — piece of cloth
• Italian: cencio — piece of cloth
• Italian: straccio — piece of cloth
• Japanese: 布 (nuno) — piece of cloth
• Kazakh: шүберек (şüberek) — piece of cloth
• Khakas: ӌурух (curux) — piece of cloth
• Korean: 천 (cheon) — piece of cloth
• Kyrgyz: чүпүрөк (cüpürök) — piece of cloth
• Latin: pannus — piece of cloth
• Latvian: lupata — piece of cloth
• Lezgi: кьваркь (q̇varq̇) — piece of cloth
• Lithuanian: skiautė — piece of cloth
• Macedonian: крпа (krpa) — piece of cloth
• Malay: lap — piece of cloth
• Māori: ruha — piece of cloth
• Māori: petapeta — piece of cloth
• Māori: hautai — piece of cloth
• Māori: kanukanu — piece of cloth
• Māori: kanu — piece of cloth
• Mongolian: өөдөс (öödös) — piece of cloth
• Norman: chique — piece of cloth
• Norman: chitchette — piece of cloth
• Norwegian Bokmål: klut — piece of cloth
• Norwegian Bokmål: fille — piece of cloth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fille — piece of cloth
• Iranian Persian: لَتِّه (latte) — piece of cloth
• Iranian Persian: رُگو (rogu) — piece of cloth
• Iranian Persian: رِگو (regu) — piece of cloth
• Piedmontese: strass — piece of cloth
• Polish: ścierka — piece of cloth
• Polish: szmata — piece of cloth
• Portuguese: farrapo — piece of cloth
• Portuguese: trapo — piece of cloth
• Romanian: cârpă — piece of cloth
• Romanian: petic — piece of cloth
• Russian: тря́пка (trjápka) — piece of cloth
• Russian: лоску́т (loskút) — piece of cloth
• Russian: ве́тошь (vétošʹ) — piece of cloth
• Scottish Gaelic: luideag — piece of cloth
• Serbo-Croatian: кр̏па — piece of cloth
• Serbo-Croatian: kȑpa — piece of cloth
• Slovak: handra — piece of cloth
• Slovene: cunja — piece of cloth
• Southern Altai: чибирек (čibirek) — piece of cloth
• Spanish: jirón — piece of cloth
• Spanish: trapo — piece of cloth
• Spanish: bayeta — piece of cloth
• Spanish: gamuza — piece of cloth
• Spanish: harapo — piece of cloth
• Spanish: andrajo — piece of cloth
• Spanish: guiñapo — piece of cloth
• Spanish: chirapa — piece of cloth
• Spanish: chiringo — piece of cloth
• Spanish: argamandel — piece of cloth
• Spanish: pingo — piece of cloth
• Spanish: rigil — piece of cloth
• Spanish: cangalla — piece of cloth
• Spanish: arrapiezo — piece of cloth
• Swedish: trasa — piece of cloth
• Swedish: lapp — piece of cloth
• Tabasaran: гъюаь́ргъв — piece of cloth
• Tabasaran: берк (berk) — piece of cloth
• Tabasaran: чапп (čap̄) — piece of cloth
• Tagalog: trapo — piece of cloth
• Tajik: латта (latta) — piece of cloth
• Thai: ผ้าขี้ริ้ว (pâa-kîi-ríu) — piece of cloth
• Thai: ผ้า (pâa) — piece of cloth
• Tsez: тира́пка (tirápka) — piece of cloth
• Tsez: чӏорто (č’orto) — piece of cloth
• Turkish: paçavra — piece of cloth
• Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra) — piece of cloth
• Ottoman Turkish: خرقه (hırka) — piece of cloth
• Turkmen: esgi — piece of cloth
• Ukrainian: ганчі́рка (hančírka) — piece of cloth
• Urdu: چِتْھڑا (cithṛā) — piece of cloth
• Urdu: لَتّا (lattā) — piece of cloth
• Urdu: لَتَّہ (latta) — piece of cloth
• Uyghur: لاتا (lata) — piece of cloth
• Uzbek: latta — piece of cloth
• Venetan: strassa — piece of cloth
• Vietnamese: giẻ — piece of cloth
• Walloon: loke — piece of cloth
• Walloon: lagnet — piece of cloth
• Walloon: strifion — piece of cloth
• Yiddish: שמאַטע (shmate) — piece of cloth
• Armenian: ցնցոտի (cʻncʻoti) — mean or tattered attire
• Bulgarian: дри́па (drípa) — mean or tattered attire
• Catalan: parrac — mean or tattered attire
• Chichewa: nsanza — mean or tattered attire
• Chinese Mandarin: 破布 (pòbù) — mean or tattered attire
• Czech: hadry — mean or tattered attire
• Dutch: lompen — mean or tattered attire
• Esperanto: vestaĉo — mean or tattered attire
• Esperanto: ĉifonaĵo — mean or tattered attire
• Finnish: ryysyt — mean or tattered attire
• Finnish: rääsyt — mean or tattered attire
• French: guenille — mean or tattered attire
• French: haillon — mean or tattered attire
• French: loque — mean or tattered attire
• French: oripeau — mean or tattered attire
• Galician: ciringallo — mean or tattered attire
• Galician: farrapo — mean or tattered attire
• Galician: fargallo — mean or tattered attire
• German: Lumpen — mean or tattered attire
• German: Fetzen — mean or tattered attire
• German: Hudel — mean or tattered attire
• Greek: κουρέλια (kourélia) — mean or tattered attire
• Irish: ceamacha — mean or tattered attire
• Irish: giobal — mean or tattered attire
• Japanese: 襤褸 (boro) — mean or tattered attire
• Korean: 넝마 (neongma) — mean or tattered attire
• Latin: pannus — mean or tattered attire
• Māori: petapeta — mean or tattered attire
• Māori: karukaru — mean or tattered attire
• Māori: hautai — mean or tattered attire
• Māori: ngetangeta — mean or tattered attire
• Māori: tawhetawhe — mean or tattered attire
• Iranian Persian: ژِنْدِه (žende) — mean or tattered attire
• Polish: łachman — mean or tattered attire
• Polish: szmata — mean or tattered attire
• Polish: łach — mean or tattered attire
• Portuguese: trapo — mean or tattered attire
• Portuguese: farrapo — mean or tattered attire
• Romanian: zdreanță — mean or tattered attire
• Romanian: cârpitură — mean or tattered attire
• Romanian: vechitură — mean or tattered attire
• Russian: лохмо́тья (loxmótʹja) — mean or tattered attire
• Russian: тряпьё (trjapʹjó) — mean or tattered attire
• Russian: ве́тошь (vétošʹ) — mean or tattered attire
• Serbo-Croatian: прње — mean or tattered attire
• Serbo-Croatian: prnje — mean or tattered attire
• Spanish: trapo — mean or tattered attire
• Spanish: harapo — mean or tattered attire
• Spanish: andrajo — mean or tattered attire
• Spanish: pingo (despective) — mean or tattered attire
• Spanish: chirajo — mean or tattered attire
• Spanish: chanchiro — mean or tattered attire
• Yoruba: àkísà — mean or tattered attire
• Czech: otrhanec — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Esperanto: ĉifonulo — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Finnish: ryysyläinen — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Finnish: rääsyläinen — shabby, beggarly fellow
• French: loque — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Greek: κουρελής (kourelís) — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Greek: ράκος (rákos) — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Italian: straccione — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Iranian Persian: ژِنْدِهپوش (žende-puš) — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Polish: obdartus — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Polish: obszarpaniec — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Russian: оборва́нец (oborvánec) — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Russian: оборва́нка (oborvánka) — shabby, beggarly fellow
• Bulgarian: платно́ (platnó) — sail, or any piece of canvas
• Dutch: zeil — sail, or any piece of canvas
• Dutch: zeildoek — sail, or any piece of canvas
• Finnish: rätti — sail, or any piece of canvas
• Russian: полотно́ (polotnó) — sail, or any piece of canvas
• Bulgarian: парца́л (parcál) — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Dutch: rioolkrant — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Dutch: sufferd — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Esperanto: gazetaĉo — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• French: torchon — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• French: canard — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• German: Käseblatt — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Greek: κωλοφυλλάδα (kolofylláda) — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Irish: páipéar suarach — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Polish: szmatławiec — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Portuguese: pasquim — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Romanian: fițuică — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Russian: газетёнка (gazetjónka) — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Spanish: periodicucho — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Spanish: pasquín — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Spanish: diarrucho — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Spanish: papelucho — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Spanish: papelote — (slang, pejorative) a newspaper
• Dutch: rag — piece of ragtime music
• Esperanto: ragtimo — piece of ragtime music
• French: rag — piece of ragtime music
• French: ragtime — piece of ragtime music
• Bulgarian: задявам (zadjavam) — To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter
• Bulgarian: тормозя (tormozja) — To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter
• Finnish: naljailla — To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter
• German: Unfug treiben — To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter
• Greek: μαλώνω (malóno) — To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter
• Russian: брани́ть (branítʹ) — To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter