rand

See also: Rand, RAND, and rând

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹænd/
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rent- (“to cut, square”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). More at rind.

Noun

rand (plural rands)

  1. (obsolete except in dialects) the border of an area of land, especially marsh-land
  2. (obsolete except in dialects) a strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
  3. (regional) A border, edge or rim.
    At the wald's rand.
  4. a strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe
  5. (basket-making) a single rod woven in and out of the stakes

References

Etymology 2

Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand.

Noun

rand (plural rands or rand)

  1. a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
  2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
Translations

See also

Etymology 3

See rant.

Verb

rand (third-person singular simple present rands, present participle randing, simple past and past participle randed)

  1. (obsolete) To rant; to storm.
    • J. Webster
      I wept, […] and raved, randed, and railed.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rand.

Noun

rand (plural rande or rand)

  1. edge, border
  2. rand (currency)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rant, from Old Dutch *rant, from Proto-Germanic *randaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: rand
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

rand m (plural randen, diminutive randje n)

  1. edge, brink, rim

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

From either Proto-Balto-Slavic *kranta or Proto-Norse *stranđa. Compare German Strand (“beach”), Lithuanian krantas (“beach, shore”) and Finnish ranta (“shore, beach, bank”).

Noun

rand (genitive ranna, partitive randa)

  1. beach

Declension

French

Noun

rand m (plural rands)

  1. rand (currency)

Ludian

Etymology

Related to Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand

  1. shore

Maltese

Noun

rand m

  1. bay (herb)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫnd

Noun

rand f, m (definite singular randa or randen, indefinite plural render, definite plural rendene)

  1. edge
  2. brim (e.g. of a glass)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans rand (named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district)

Noun

rand m (definite singular randen, indefinite plural rand, definite plural randene)

  1. a rand (monetary unit of South Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫnd

Noun

rand f (definite singular randa, indefinite plural render, definite plural rendene)

  1. edge
  2. brim (e.g. of a glass)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans rand (named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district)

Noun

rand m (definite singular randen, indefinite plural rand, definite plural randane)

  1. a rand (monetary unit of South Africa)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō, from Proto-Indo-European *rent- (“cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑnd/

Noun

rand m (nominative plural randas)

  1. edge, brink, margin
  2. (poetic) boss (of a shield); shield
    He under rande gecranc: he sank under his shield. (Beowulf)

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

rand m (plural rands)

  1. rand (currency unit of South Africa)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

rand c

  1. edge, border
  2. stripe, streak

Declension

Declension of rand 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rand randen ränder ränderna
Genitive rands randens ränders rändernas

Veps

Etymology

Related to Estonian rand and Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand

  1. coast, shore
  2. beach
  3. end, edge, boundary
  4. land, country

Inflection

Inflection of rand
nominative sing. rand
genitive sing. randan
partitive sing. randad
partitive plur. randoid
singular plural
nominative rand randad
accusative randan randad
genitive randan randoiden
partitive randad randoid
essive-instructive randan randoin
translative randaks randoikš
inessive randas randoiš
elative randaspäi randoišpäi
illative ? randoihe
adessive randal randoil
ablative randalpäi randoilpäi
allative randale randoile
abessive randata randoita
comitative randanke randoidenke
prolative randadme randoidme
approximative I randanno randoidenno
approximative II randannoks randoidennoks
egressive randannopäi randoidennopäi
terminative I ? randoihesai
terminative II randalesai randoilesai
terminative III randassai —
additive I ? randoihepäi
additive II randalepäi randoilepäi

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “берег, край, сторона”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

Related to Estonian rand and Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand (genitive ranna, partitive randa)

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  2. beach, shore

Inflection

Synonyms

  • viiviir'

Derived terms

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