noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/
General-American:/ˈɹænt͡ʃ/without æ-raising
General-American:[ˈɹwænt͡ʃ]without æ-raising
/ˈɹeə̯nt͡ʃ/æ-raising
[ˈɹweə̯nt͡ʃ]æ-raising
/ˈɹɛə̯nt͡ʃ/æ-raising
[ˈɹwɛə̯nt͡ʃ]æ-raising
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rhymes with -ɑːntʃ
rhymes with -æntʃ
CMU ARPABET:R AE1 N CH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A ranch-style house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, real-estate
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Ranch dressing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To work on a ranch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spread, cattle ranch, cattle farm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farm
9
verb
Meaning 9
manage or run a ranch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Her husband is ranching in Arizona
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farm
History
Etymology
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
ранчо
(rančo)
— large plot of land
Catalan:
ranxo
— large plot of land
Chamicuro:
pkwachi
— large plot of land
Chinese Mandarin:
牧場 /牧场
(mùchǎng)
— large plot of land
Danish:
ranch
— large plot of land
Dutch:
veefokkerij
— large plot of land
Dutch:
landgoed
— large plot of land
Esperanto:
ranĉo
— large plot of land
French:
ranch
— large plot of land
German:
Ranch
— large plot of land
Hungarian:
farm
— large plot of land
Ido:
rancho
— large plot of land
Japanese:
ランチ
(ranchi)
— large plot of land
Japanese:
牧場
(bokujō)
— large plot of land
Korean:
목장
(mokjang)
— large plot of land
Latin:
lātifundium
— large plot of land
Polish:
ranczo
— large plot of land
Portuguese:
rancho
— large plot of land
Russian:
ра́нчо
(ránčo)
— large plot of land
Russian:
фе́рма
(férma)
— large plot of land
Serbo-Croatian:
ранч
— large plot of land
Serbo-Croatian:
ranč
— large plot of land
Spanish:
rancho
— large plot of land
Swahili:
ranchi
— large plot of land
Tagalog:
rantso
— large plot of land
Tagalog:
bakahan
— large plot of land
Taos:
ràncuʼúna
— large plot of land
Vietnamese:
điền trang
— large plot of land
Bulgarian:
ранчо
(rančo)
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Czech:
ranč
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Dutch:
ranch
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Esperanto:
ranĉo
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
French:
ranch
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
German:
Ranch
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
German:
Farm
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Ido:
rancho
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Italian:
ranch
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Polish:
ranczo
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Portuguese:
chácara
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Russian:
ра́нчо
(ránčo)
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Russian:
фе́рма
(férma)
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Serbo-Croatian:
ранч
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Serbo-Croatian:
ranč
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Spanish:
rancho
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Swahili:
ranchi
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Tagalog:
rantso
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Tagalog:
bakahan
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Ottoman Turkish:
چفتلك
(çiftlik)
— small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock
Polish:
ranczo
— house or property on a ranch land
Russian:
ра́нчо
(ránčo)
— house or property on a ranch land
Russian:
фе́рма
(férma)
— house or property on a ranch land
Serbo-Croatian:
ранч
— house or property on a ranch land
Serbo-Croatian:
ranč
— house or property on a ranch land
