rana

rana

1. (Mpakwithi) sky

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

From Latin rāna (“frog”).

rana f (plural ranes)

1. frog (amphibian)

Borrowed from Old Javanese raṇa (“battle, war, combat, fight, conflict”), from Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “war, battle”).

• IPA^(key): /ra.nə/
• Rhymes: -anə
• Hyphenation: ra‧na

rana (Balinese script ᬭᬡ)

1. battlefield

• “rana” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

From rano (“frog”) +‎ -a (adjectival ending).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ran‧a

rana (accusative singular ranan, plural ranaj, accusative plural ranajn)

1. Of, relating to or similar to frogs; frogly.
   • 1931, Erich Maria Remarque (Erich Paul Remark), La vojo returne, tr. by Joseph F. Berger, in Populara Esperanto-Biblioteko, No. 15, Heroldo de Esperanto, page 156.

     Printempe la foso estadis plena de rana frajo kaj algoj.

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   • 1991, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, La majstro kaj Margarita, tr. by Sergej B. Pokrovskij from Russian, in Serio Oriento-Okcidento, No. 26, Sezonoj (publ.), page 213.

     Lumineskaj putrolignaĵoj, fiksitaj antaŭ la muzikistoj sur la salikaj vergoj, prilumis la notojn, sur la ranaj muzeloj ludis la flagra lumo de la lignofajro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2006, Zifu Mao, Kantoj de Anteo, Mondial, →ISBN, page 180:

     vojo sur korpo. / lemno sub rana treta / piedo. marto / morta. kaj sendifekta / ŝraŭbo inenas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017, Ĥristina Kozlovska, “La bankoficisto”, in Petro Palivoda, transl., Beletra Almanako, volume 29, Mondial, →ISBN, page 74:

     Do anstataŭ rektiĝi kordosimile per sia tuta vira beleco, li faris iun strangan impetan ranan salton.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Compare Egyptian rꜥ.

• IPA^(key): /ɽáː.náː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽáː.náː]

rānā f (plural rā̀nàikū, possessed form ran)

1. sun
2. heat of the sun
3. day

• rana-rana (“occasionally”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ɽáː.ná/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽáː.nə́]

rāna

1. in the daytime

• Rhymes: -aːna

rana

1. inflection of rani:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: ra‧na

From Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “war, battle”).

rana (plural rana-rana)

1. (archaic) war
2. (archaic) battle
3. (archaic) battlefield

   Synonym: medan perang

rana (comparative lebih rana, superlative paling rana)

1. (archaic) daring
2. audacious, brave

   Synonym: berani

From Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “delight, pleasure, gladness, joy”).

rana (comparative lebih rana, superlative paling rana)

1. joyful

   Synonym: riang

rana (plural rana-rana)

1. alternative spelling of ratna

• “rana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: rà‧na

rana f (plural rane)

1. frog

   Synonym: (colloquial) ranocchia

2. (swimming, singular only) breaststroke

• girino

rana

1. romanization of ꦫꦤ

Onomatopoeic of croaking.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈraː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈraː.na]

rāna f (genitive rānae); first declension

1. a frog

First-declension noun.

• rānivorus
• rānunculus

• “rana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "rana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “rana”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

rana f (plural ranas)

1. frog

• “rana”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2025
• “rana”, in Pallabreiru Llïonés [Leonese Dictionary] (in Spanish), 2025

• arana (achaic)

Inherited from Old Tupi rana, from ran + -a.

rana

1. similar; alike
2. false, used in species names together with the name of another species they are similar to

   kakáu-rana

   false cacao

3. improvised; makeshift

rana

1. precariously; in a makeshift manner

• Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “rana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 654

• ranene (of noun)

(of verb)

• ranet
• rante (simple past)
• rant (past participle)

rana n

1. definite plural of ran

rana

1. inflection of rane:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

rana n

1. definite plural of ran

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑː.nɑ/

rāna

1. genitive plural of rā

From ran + -a.

rana (possessable)

1. similar; lookalike^[1]
2. a poorly made thing; shoddiness^[2]

• Nheengatu: rana
• → Brazilian Portuguese: -rana

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “rana”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 427, column 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ra‧na

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rana.

rana f (diminutive ranka)

1. (pathology) wound

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rana n

1. inflection of rano:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• rana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rana.

• IPA^(key): /râna/
• Hyphenation: ra‧na

rȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏на)

1. wound

• “rana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rana (Cyrillic spelling рана)

1. inflection of ran:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From Proto-Slavic *rana.

• IPA^(key): /ràːna/

rána f

1. wound, injury

• “rana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Latin rāna (“a frog”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrana/ [ˈra.na]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ra‧na

rana f (plural ranas)

1. frog

• sapo m

• “rana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

rana

1. rain