rung

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• /ˈɹʌŋ/
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• /ˈɹɜŋ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɹɐ̞ŋ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɹäŋ/
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• /ˈɹʊŋ/
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• /ˈɹʊŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
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• homophone: wrung
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Middle English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō. Cognate with Dutch rong (“pole, stanchion”), German Runge (“stake, pole, stanchion”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰 (hrugga, “a staff”).

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ашьапҿаԥса́ (ašapʼĉʼapsá) — ladder step
• Arabic: دَرَجَة (daraja) — ladder step
• Basque: maila — ladder step
• Belarusian: ганачка (hanačka) — ladder step
• Central Bikol: tangga — ladder step
• Bulgarian: стъпало на подвижна стълба (stǎpalo na podvižna stǎlba) — ladder step
• Catalan: barrot — ladder step
• Chinese Mandarin: 梯級 /梯级 (tījí) — ladder step
• Czech: příčka — ladder step
• Czech: šprušle — ladder step
• Danish: tremme — ladder step
• Dutch: sport — ladder step
• Esperanto: ŝtupeto — ladder step
• Finnish: puola — ladder step
• Finnish: tikas — ladder step
• Finnish: poikkipuu — ladder step
• Finnish: astin — ladder step
• French: barreau — ladder step
• Galician: banzo — ladder step
• Galician: bance — ladder step
• Galician: banceira — ladder step
• Galician: chanzo — ladder step
• Georgian: საფეხური (sapexuri) — ladder step
• German: Sprosse — ladder step
• German: Leitersprosse — ladder step
• Greek: σκαλί (skalí) — ladder step
• Ancient Greek: κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr) — ladder step
• Hungarian: fok — ladder step
• Hungarian: létrafok — ladder step
• Icelandic: trappa — ladder step
• Icelandic: þrep — ladder step
• Indonesian: anak tangga — ladder step
• Irish: runga — ladder step
• Istriot: scaleîn — ladder step
• Italian: scalino — ladder step
• Italian: piolo — ladder step
• Khmer: កាំជណ្ដើរ (kam cʊəndaə) — ladder step
• Māori: kaupae — ladder step
• Māori: kaupeka — ladder step
• Māori: teka — ladder step
• Mongolian: гишгүүр (gišgüür) — ladder step
• Norwegian: trinn — ladder step
• Plautdietsch: Spoak — ladder step
• Polish: szczebel — ladder step
• Portuguese: degrau — ladder step
• Punjabi: ਪੌੜੀ (pauṛī) — ladder step
• Punjabi: ਡੰਡਾ (ḍaṇḍā) — ladder step
• Romanian: treaptă — ladder step
• Russian: ступе́нька (stupénʹka) — ladder step
• Russian: ступе́нь (stupénʹ) — ladder step
• Slovak: sprušľa — ladder step
• Slovak: šprusľa — ladder step
• Spanish: peldaño — ladder step
• Swedish: pinne — ladder step
• Tibetan: སྐས་གདང (skas gdang) — ladder step
• Ottoman Turkish: باصامق (basamak) — ladder step
• Ottoman Turkish: پایه (paye) — ladder step
• Venetan: scalin — ladder step
• Venetan: scałin — ladder step
• Vietnamese: bậc — ladder step
• Welsh: ffon — ladder step
• Bulgarian: напречник (naprečnik) — crosspiece between chair legs
• Catalan: barrot — crosspiece between chair legs
• Finnish: poikkipuu — crosspiece between chair legs
• Finnish: piena — crosspiece between chair legs
• French: barreau — crosspiece between chair legs
• Galician: travesa — crosspiece between chair legs
• Galician: tranco — crosspiece between chair legs
• Galician: travesallo — crosspiece between chair legs
• German: Querstab — crosspiece between chair legs
• Irish: runga — crosspiece between chair legs
• Italian: traversa — crosspiece between chair legs
• Polish: poprzeczka — crosspiece between chair legs
• Portuguese: travessa — crosspiece between chair legs
• Russian: перекла́дина (perekládina) — crosspiece between chair legs
• Spanish: travesaño — crosspiece between chair legs
• Welsh: ffon — crosspiece between chair legs
• Bulgarian: стъпало (stǎpalo) — a position in a hierarchy
• French: échelon — a position in a hierarchy
• Irish: runga — a position in a hierarchy
• Norwegian: rang — a position in a hierarchy
• Spanish: escalón — a position in a hierarchy
• Spanish: peldaño — a position in a hierarchy