adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹænsɪd/without æ-raising
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/ˈɹeə̯nsɪd/æ-raising
/ˈɹɛə̯nsɪd/æ-raising
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Rank in taste or smell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Offensive. Unpleasant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Her remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
smelling of fermentation or staleness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sour
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
rancid butter
rancid bacon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin ranciduslbor. English rancid Learned borrowing from Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”).
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
زَنِخ
(zaniḵ)
— being rank in taste or smell
Azerbaijani:
iylənmiş
— being rank in taste or smell
Azerbaijani:
qaxsımış
— being rank in taste or smell
Azerbaijani:
acılaşmış
— being rank in taste or smell
Azerbaijani:
qoxumuş
— being rank in taste or smell
Central Bikol:
mahalan
— being rank in taste or smell
Bulgarian:
гранясал
(granjasal)
— being rank in taste or smell
Catalan:
ranci
— being rank in taste or smell
Chinese Mandarin:
馊
(sōu)
— being rank in taste or smell
Czech:
žluklý
— being rank in taste or smell
Czech:
ztuchlý
— being rank in taste or smell
Czech:
smradlavý
— being rank in taste or smell
Danish:
harsk
— being rank in taste or smell
Esperanto:
ranca
— being rank in taste or smell
Finnish:
eltaantunut
— being rank in taste or smell
Finnish:
härskiintynyt
— being rank in taste or smell
Finnish:
härski
— being rank in taste or smell
French:
rance
— being rank in taste or smell
Galician:
rancio
— being rank in taste or smell
German:
ranzig
— being rank in taste or smell
German:
garstig
— being rank in taste or smell
Greek:
χαλασμένος
(chalasménos)
— being rank in taste or smell
Greek:
ταγκός
(tagkós)
— being rank in taste or smell
Greek:
ξινισμένος
(xinisménos)
— being rank in taste or smell
Hungarian:
avas
— being rank in taste or smell
Icelandic:
þrár
— being rank in taste or smell
Icelandic:
þræsinn
— being rank in taste or smell
Italian:
rancido
— being rank in taste or smell
Latin:
rancidus
— being rank in taste or smell
Malay:
basi
— being rank in taste or smell
Māori:
kūtaitai
— being rank in taste or smell
Khiamniungan Naga:
chēih
— being rank in taste or smell
Norman:
êventé
— being rank in taste or smell
Norwegian Bokmål:
harsk
— being rank in taste or smell
Norwegian Nynorsk:
harsk
— being rank in taste or smell
Polish:
zjełczały
— being rank in taste or smell
Portuguese:
râncido
— being rank in taste or smell
Portuguese:
ranço
— being rank in taste or smell
Portuguese:
rançoso
— being rank in taste or smell
Romanian:
rânced
— being rank in taste or smell
Russian:
проту́хший
(protúxšij)
— being rank in taste or smell
Russian:
прого́рклый
(progórklyj)
— being rank in taste or smell
Spanish:
rancio
— being rank in taste or smell
Swedish:
härsken
— being rank in taste or smell
Tagalog:
maanta
— being rank in taste or smell
Ukrainian:
згі́рклий
(zhírklyj)
— being rank in taste or smell
Ukrainian:
проту́хлий
(protúxlyj)
— being rank in taste or smell