ranch
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge or station”), from Old French ranger (“install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹænt͡ʃ/
Audio (US) (file)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɑːntʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ, -æntʃ
Noun
ranch (countable and uncountable, plural ranches)
- A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
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- A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
- A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
- (uncountable) Ranch dressing.
Derived terms
- ranch dressing
- rancher
- ranchhand
- ranchslider
- ranch-style
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Verb
ranch (third-person singular simple present ranches, present participle ranching, simple past and past participle ranched)
- To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
- Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
- To work on a ranch.
- Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From English ranch.
Noun
ranch c (singular definite ranchen, plural indefinite rancher)
- a ranch
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ranch | ranchen | rancher | rancherne |
genitive | ranchs | ranchens | ranchers | ranchernes |
Derived terms
- gæsteranch
See also
- rancher
References
- “ranch” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English ranch, from Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ranch m (plural ranches or ranchen, diminutive ranchje n)
- ranch, notably livestock breeding farm, especially in North America and in other English-speaking countries
Related terms
- rancher m
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French hanche.
Noun
ranch
- hip
References
- Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English ranch, from American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together”, from ranchear (“to lodge, station”), from Old French ranger (“to install in position”), from rang (“row, line”) (cognate with English rank). Doublet of rancio.
Noun
ranch m (invariable)
- a ranch, notably livestock breeding farm
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English ranch.
Noun
ranch n (plural ranch-uri)
- ranch
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ranch | ranch-ul | (niște) ranch-uri | ranch-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) ranch | ranch-ului | (unor) ranch-uri | ranch-urilor |
vocative | ranch-ule | ranch-urilor |