ranc

From Gothic *𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌺𐍃 (*wranks, “twisted”), from *𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*wrankjan, “to twist”), from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną. Cognate to Galician ranquear, English wrench.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈraŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈraŋk]

ranc (feminine ranca, masculine plural rancs, feminine plural ranques)

1. lame, crippled

• ranquejar

• “ranc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• rang

ranc m (plural rancs)

1. rank (position of a person, place, thing, or idea)

• French: rang
• → Middle English: rank
  • English: rank

From Proto-Germanic *rankaz.

• IPA^(key): /rɑnk/, [rɑŋk]

ranc

1. proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, froward, overbearing
2. showy; mature, full-grown
3. noble, bold, valiant, courageous

• oferranc (“extravagant”)

• English: rank

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “ranc”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ranc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.