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From Middle English rank (“strong, proud”), from Old English ranc (“proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, forward, overbearing, showy, ostentatious, splendid, bold, valiant, noble, brave, strong, full-grown, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rank, from Proto-Germanic *rankaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h3reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Dutch rank (“slender, slim”), Low German rank (“slender, projecting, lank”), Danish rank (“straight, erect, slender”), Swedish rank (“slender, shaky, wonky”), Icelandic rakkur (“straight, slender, bold, valiant”).

From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank”) (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”). Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). Doublet of ring and rink.

302 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: bujný — strong in growth
• Czech: bujně rostoucí — strong in growth
• Esperanto: trokreskinta Literally — strong in growth
• Esperanto: “overgrown” — strong in growth
• German: geil — strong in growth
• Hungarian: burjánzó — strong in growth
• Hungarian: buja — strong in growth
• Hungarian: dús — strong in growth
• Hungarian: sűrű — strong in growth
• Irish: uaibhreach — strong in growth
• Ottoman Turkish: كور (gür) — strong in growth
• Bulgarian: вонящ (vonjašt) — having a very strong and bad odor
• Catalan: ranci — having a very strong and bad odor
• Chinese Mandarin: 腥 (xīng) — having a very strong and bad odor
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭 (chòu) — having a very strong and bad odor
• Dutch: stinkend — having a very strong and bad odor
• Dutch: rans — having a very strong and bad odor
• Dutch: ranzig — having a very strong and bad odor
• Finnish: löyhkäävä — having a very strong and bad odor
• Finnish: lemuava — having a very strong and bad odor
• Finnish: haiseva — having a very strong and bad odor
• French: malodorant — having a very strong and bad odor
• French: rance — having a very strong and bad odor
• Galician: rancio — having a very strong and bad odor
• German: stinkend — having a very strong and bad odor
• Greek: ταγγός (tangós) — having a very strong and bad odor
• Hungarian: orrfacsaró/penetráns (szagú) — having a very strong and bad odor
• Hungarian: büdös — having a very strong and bad odor
• Hungarian: bűzös — having a very strong and bad odor
• Irish: borb — having a very strong and bad odor
• Italian: puzzolente — having a very strong and bad odor
• Japanese: 臭い (kusai) — having a very strong and bad odor
• Latin: rancidus — having a very strong and bad odor
• Portuguese: rançoso — having a very strong and bad odor
• Romanian: rânced — having a very strong and bad odor
• Russian: воню́чий (vonjúčij) — having a very strong and bad odor
• Russian: прого́рклый (progórklyj) — having a very strong and bad odor
• Scottish Gaelic: breun — having a very strong and bad odor
• Spanish: rancio — having a very strong and bad odor
• Swedish: stank — having a very strong and bad odor
• Turkish: pis kokulu — having a very strong and bad odor
• Czech: odporný — highly offensive; disgusting
• Czech: hnusný — highly offensive; disgusting
• German: ekelhaft — highly offensive; disgusting
• Hungarian: visszataszító — highly offensive; disgusting
• Hungarian: ocsmány — highly offensive; disgusting
• Hungarian: undorító — highly offensive; disgusting
• Hungarian: gusztustalan — highly offensive; disgusting
• Italian: ripugnante — highly offensive; disgusting
• Italian: repellente — highly offensive; disgusting
• Portuguese: repugnante — highly offensive; disgusting
• Russian: отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) — highly offensive; disgusting
• Russian: ме́рзкий (mérzkij) — highly offensive; disgusting
• Russian: омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj) — highly offensive; disgusting
• Scottish Gaelic: breun — highly offensive; disgusting
• Spanish: repugnante — highly offensive; disgusting
• Swedish: vämjelig — highly offensive; disgusting
• Turkish: iğrenç — highly offensive; disgusting
• Azerbaijani: cərgə — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Bulgarian: ред (red) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Bulgarian: реди́ца (redíca) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Dutch: gelid — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Dutch: rij — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Finnish: rivi — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Georgian: რიგი (rigi) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Georgian: მწკრივი (mc̣ḳrivi) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Ancient Greek: ζυγόν (zugón) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Hindi: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddh) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Central Kurdish: ریز (rîz) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Latin: gradus — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Macedonian: ред (red) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Māori: kapa — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Marathi: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Nepali: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Odia: ଶ୍ରେଣୀବଦ୍ଧ (śreṇibaddha) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Portuguese: fileira — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Portuguese: coluna — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Russian: ряд (rjad) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Russian: шере́нга (šerénga) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Russian: коло́нна (kolónna) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Russian: ли́ния (línija) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Russian: строй (stroj) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Sanskrit: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Spanish: fila — row of people or things organized in a grid pattern
• Dutch: register — set of pipes in an organ
• Dutch: werk — set of pipes in an organ
• French: registre — set of pipes in an organ
• Swedish: verk — set of pipes in an organ
• Armenian: կարգ (karg) — position based on a shared property
• Armenian: կոչում (kočʻum) — position based on a shared property
• Bulgarian: ранг (rang) — position based on a shared property
• Chinese Mandarin: 秩 (zhì) — position based on a shared property
• Chinese Mandarin: 級 /级 (jí) — position based on a shared property
• Esperanto: vico — position based on a shared property
• Finnish: sija — position based on a shared property
• Finnish: sijoitus — position based on a shared property
• Finnish: taso — position based on a shared property
• Finnish: luokka — position based on a shared property
• French: rang — position based on a shared property
• German: Rang — position based on a shared property
• German: Dienstgrad — position based on a shared property
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs) — position based on a shared property
• Ancient Greek: τάξις (táxis) — position based on a shared property
• Hindi: श्रेणी (śreṇī) — position based on a shared property
• Irish: oireachas — position based on a shared property
• Italian: rango — position based on a shared property
• Italian: ceto — position based on a shared property
• Italian: condizione sociale — position based on a shared property
• Khmer: ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ (cɑmnat thnak) — position based on a shared property
• Malay: pangkat — position based on a shared property
• Malayalam: റാങ്ക് (ṟāṅkŭ) — position based on a shared property
• Maranao: bansa — position based on a shared property
• Marathi: श्रेणी (śreṇī) — position based on a shared property
• Nepali: श्रेणी (śreṇī) — position based on a shared property
• Odia: ଶ୍ରେଣୀ (śreṇi) — position based on a shared property
• Persian: رده (rade) — position based on a shared property
• Persian: رتبه (rotbe) — position based on a shared property
• Russian: класс (klass) — position based on a shared property
• Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — position based on a shared property
• Russian: ранг (rang) — position based on a shared property
• Russian: разря́д (razrjád) — position based on a shared property
• Russian: катего́рия (kategórija) — position based on a shared property
• Sanskrit: श्रेणी (śreṇī) — position based on a shared property
• Spanish: rango — position based on a shared property
• Swedish: klass — position based on a shared property
• Swedish: placering — position based on a shared property
• Tamil: தரவரிசை (taravaricai) — position based on a shared property
• Tatar: дәрәҗә (däräcä) — position based on a shared property
• Thai: ยศ (yót) — position based on a shared property
• Vietnamese: cấp — position based on a shared property
• Welsh: urdd — position based on a shared property
• Bulgarian: ранг (rang) — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Finnish: luokka — level of one's position in a class-based society
• French: rang — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Japanese: ランク (ranku) — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Korean: 랭크 (raengkeu) — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Māori: tupunga — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Swahili: cheo — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Swedish: rang — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Turkish: sınıf — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Welsh: urdd — level of one's position in a class-based society
• Albanian: gradë — hierarchical level in an organization
• Arabic: رُتْبَة (rutba) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Armenian: կոչում (kočʻum) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Azerbaijani: məqam — hierarchical level in an organization
• Azerbaijani: vəzifə — hierarchical level in an organization
• Azerbaijani: rütbə — hierarchical level in an organization
• Belarusian: ранг (ranh) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Belarusian: чын (čyn) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Belarusian: зва́нне (zvánnje) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Belarusian: го́днасць (hódnascʹ) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Bengali: পদ (pod) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Bulgarian: ранг (rang) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Bulgarian: зва́ние (zvánie) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Bulgarian: чин (čin) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Chinese Mandarin: 軍階 /军阶 (jūnjiē) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Czech: hodnost — hierarchical level in an organization
• Danish: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Dutch: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Esperanto: rango — hierarchical level in an organization
• Estonian: auaste — hierarchical level in an organization
• Finnish: arvo — hierarchical level in an organization
• Finnish: sotilasarvo — hierarchical level in an organization
• French: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Georgian: წოდება (c̣odeba) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Georgian: ხარისხი (xarisxi) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Georgian: რანგი (rangi) — hierarchical level in an organization
• German: Rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• German: Dienstgrad — hierarchical level in an organization
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Greek: βαθμός (vathmós) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Ancient Greek: τάξις (táxis) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Hindi: पद (pad) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Hindi: श्रेणी (śreṇī) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Hungarian: rendfokozat — hierarchical level in an organization
• Hungarian: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Italian: grado — hierarchical level in an organization
• Italian: truppa — hierarchical level in an organization
• Italian: gregario — hierarchical level in an organization
• Italian: rango — hierarchical level in an organization
• Japanese: 階級 (kaikyū) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Khmer: ថ្នាក់ (thnak) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Korean: 계급 (gyegeup) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Latin: gradus — hierarchical level in an organization
• Macedonian: чин (čin) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Malay: pangkat — hierarchical level in an organization
• Malayalam: പദവി (padavi) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Māori: tūnga — hierarchical level in an organization
• Norwegian Bokmål: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Church Slavic: чинъ (činŭ) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Persian: رتبه (rotbe) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Polish: ranga — hierarchical level in an organization
• Polish: stopień — hierarchical level in an organization
• Polish: godność — hierarchical level in an organization
• Portuguese: posição — hierarchical level in an organization
• Romanian: grad — hierarchical level in an organization
• Romanian: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Russian: ранг (rang) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Russian: чин (čin) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Russian: зва́ние (zvánije) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̑н — hierarchical level in an organization
• Serbo-Croatian: čȋn — hierarchical level in an organization
• Slovak: hodnosť — hierarchical level in an organization
• Slovene: čin — hierarchical level in an organization
• Spanish: grado — hierarchical level in an organization
• Spanish: rango — hierarchical level in an organization
• Swedish: grad — hierarchical level in an organization
• Swedish: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Tajik: рутба (rutba) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Thai: ยศ (yót) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Turkish: rütbe — hierarchical level in an organization
• Turkish: mertebe — hierarchical level in an organization
• Turkish: paye — hierarchical level in an organization
• Ottoman Turkish: مرتبه (mertebe) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Ottoman Turkish: پایه (paye) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Ukrainian: ранг (ranh) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Ukrainian: чин (čyn) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Ukrainian: звання́ (zvannjá) — hierarchical level in an organization
• Uzbek: unvon — hierarchical level in an organization
• Uzbek: rang — hierarchical level in an organization
• Uzbek: rutba — hierarchical level in an organization
• Vietnamese: hàm — hierarchical level in an organization
• Finnish: taso — level in a taxonomy system
• Catalan: rang — maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix
• Finnish: aste — maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix
• Georgian: რანგი (rangi) — maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix
• Italian: rango — maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix
• Polish: rząd — maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix
• Russian: ранг (rang) — maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix
• Bulgarian: хоризонта́ла (horizontála) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Catalan: fila — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Czech: řada — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Danish: række — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Dutch: rij — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Finnish: rivi — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• French: rangée — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• German: Reihe — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Greek: λωρίδα (lorída) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Hindi: रेखा (rekhā) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Hindi: लक़ीर (laqīr) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Hungarian: sor — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Italian: traversa — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Latvian: horizontāle — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Lithuanian: horizontalė — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Marathi: रेखा (rekhā) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Nepali: रेखा (rekhā) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Norwegian Bokmål: rad — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Odia: ରେଖା (rekhā) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Polish: rząd — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Portuguese: fileira — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Romanian: linie — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Russian: горизонта́ль (gorizontálʹ) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Sanskrit: रेखा (rekhā) — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Serbo-Croatian: ред — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Serbo-Croatian: red — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Slovak: rad — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Slovene: vrsta — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Spanish: fila — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Swedish: rad — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Turkish: satır — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Vietnamese: hàng — chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares
• Finnish: rivit — in plural: category of people, such as those who share an occupation
• Bulgarian: нареждам (nareždam) — to place abreast or in a line
• Bulgarian: строявам (strojavam) — to place abreast or in a line
• Finnish: järjestää riviin — to place abreast or in a line
• French: ranger — to place abreast or in a line
• Portuguese: enfileirar — to place abreast or in a line
• Chinese Mandarin: 排名 (páimíng) — to have a ranking
• Chinese Mandarin: 名列 (míngliè) — to have a ranking
• Finnish: sijoittaa — to have a ranking
• Finnish: sijoittua — to have a ranking
• Finnish: rankata — to have a ranking
• French: classer — to have a ranking
• German: an einer Stelle stehen — to have a ranking
• German: rangieren — to have a ranking
• Hindi: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddh) — to have a ranking
• Marathi: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — to have a ranking
• Nepali: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — to have a ranking
• Odia: ଶ୍ରେଣୀବଦ୍ଧ (śreṇibaddha) — to have a ranking
• Portuguese: ranquear — to have a ranking
• Sanskrit: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — to have a ranking
• Spanish: clasificar — to have a ranking
• Spanish: rankear — to have a ranking
• Spanish: ranquear — to have a ranking
• Swedish: gradera — to have a ranking
• Swedish: klassificera — to have a ranking
• Swedish: klassa — to have a ranking
• Swedish: placera — to have a ranking
• Turkish: gelmek — to have a ranking
• Bulgarian: класифицирам (klasificiram) — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Finnish: luokitella — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Finnish: pisteyttää — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• French: coter — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Hindi: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddh) — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Italian: annoverare — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Marathi: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Nepali: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Odia: ଶ୍ରେଣୀବଦ୍ଧ (śreṇibaddha) — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Sanskrit: श्रेणीबद्ध (śreṇībaddha) — to assign a suitable place in a class or order
• Swedish: gradera — to assign a suitable place in a class or order