rand

See also: Rand, RAND, and rând

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹænd/
- Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind.

Noun

rand (plural rands)

(obsolete, now dialect) The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
(obsolete, now dialect) A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
- 1621 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, OCLC 3083972, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  They came with chopping-knives / To cut me into rands and sirloins
(dialect) A border, edge or rim.
At the wald's rand.
A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
(basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.

References

The Dictionary of the Scots Language

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)

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

Translations

a rocky slope

Bulgarian: склон (bg) m (sklon)

numismatics of South Africa

Afrikaans: rand (af)
Arabic: رَانْد‎ m (rand)
Bulgarian: ранд m (rand)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蘭特／兰特 (zh) (lántè)
Danish: rand (da) c
German: Rand (de) m
Greek: ραντ n (rant)
Hindi: रेंड (reṇḍ)
Japanese: ランド (rando)
Korean: 랜드 (raendeu)
Malay: rand
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rand (no) m
Nynorsk: rand m
Portuguese: rand (pt) m
Russian: ранд (ru) m (rand)
Swahili: randi

Etymology 3

See rant.

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

DNAR, DNRA, Nard, andr-, darn, nard, rDNA, rdna

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɐnt/
Audio (file)

Noun

rand (plural rande or rand)

edge, border
rand (numismatics)

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Afrikaans rand.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rand/, [rãn̪d̪]

Noun

rand inan

rand (currency of South Africa)

Declension

Declension of rand (inanimate, ending in consonant)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	rand	randa	randak
ergative	randek	randak	randek
dative	randi	randari	randei
genitive	randen	randaren	randen
comitative	randekin	randarekin	randekin
causative	randengatik	randarengatik	randengatik
benefactive	randentzat	randarentzat	randentzat
instrumental	randez	randaz	randez
inessive	randetan	randean	randetan
locative	randetako	randeko	randetako
allative	randetara	randera	randetara
terminative	randetaraino	randeraino	randetaraino
directive	randetarantz	randerantz	randetarantz
destinative	randetarako	randerako	randetarako
ablative	randetatik	randetik	randetatik
partitive	randik	—	—
prolative	randtzat	—	—

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)

edge, brink, rim

Derived terms

bosrand
dakrand
grasrand
randcrimineel
randdebiel
randfiguur
rouwrand
Randstad
stoeprand

Descendants

Afrikaans: rand
→ Papiamentu: rant

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑnd̥/

Noun

rand (genitive ranna, partitive randa)

beach

Declension

Declension of rand (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	rand	rannad
genitive	ranna	randade
partitive	randa	rande / randasid
illative	randa / rannasse	randadesse / rannesse
inessive	rannas	randades / rannes
elative	rannast	randadest / rannest
allative	rannale	randadele / rannele
adessive	rannal	randadel / rannel
ablative	rannalt	randadelt / rannelt
translative	rannaks	randadeks / ranneks
terminative	rannani	randadeni
essive	rannana	randadena
abessive	rannata	randadeta
comitative	rannaga	randadega

French

Noun

rand m (plural rands)

rand (currency)

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ranta, borrowed from either Balto-Slavic or North Germanic. Cognates include Estonian rand, Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand

shore

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَنْد‎ (rand).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rant/

Noun

rand m (collective, singulative randa, paucal randiet)

laurel (Laurus nobilis)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫnd.

Noun

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

edge
brim (e.g. of a glass)

Derived terms

randhav

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)

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)

stripe
med lette Smaasky, lagd i langa Render
with small light clouds laid in long stripes
type, nature, tendency (to do something)
brim (e.g. of a glass)
edge

Usage notes

Although Old Norse rǫnd meant edge, the Norwegian word traditionally lacks that meaning.

Derived terms

randhav

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rand m (plural randen)

rand (monetary unit of South Africa)

Noun

rand f (definite singular randa, indefinite plural rander, definite plural randene)

mantelpiece

References

“rand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“rand”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Old English

Alternative forms

rond

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rand, *randu, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō, from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Old Norse rǫnd (“edge, rim; (poetic) shield”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɑnd/

Noun

rand m

outer part of something: edge, brink, rim, margin
(poetic) shield or the boss of a shield

Declension

Declension of rand (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rand	rand
accusative	rand	rand
genitive	randes	randa
dative	rande	randum

Derived terms

randbēag

Related terms

berindan
ġerendrian
rendan
rind
rinde
tōrendan

Descendants

Middle English: rand, rond
- English: rand
- Scots: rand

Portuguese

Noun

rand m (plural rands)

rand (numismatics unit of South Africa)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫnd, cognate with Icelandic rönd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrand/
Audio (file)

Noun

rand c

edge, border
stripe, streak

Declension

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

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ranta, borrowed from either Balto-Slavic or North Germanic. Cognates include Estonian rand, Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand

coast, shore
beach
end, edge, boundary
land, country

Inflection

Inflection of rand (inflection type 5/sana)
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	randaha randha	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	randahasai randhasai	randoihesai
terminative II	randalesai	randoilesai
terminative III	randassai	—

additive I	randahapäi randhapäi	randoihepäi
additive II	randalepäi	randoilepäi

Derived terms

randaline
randatoi
randišt
kodirand
kül'bendrand
randird

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

From Proto-Finnic *ranta, borrowed from either Balto-Slavic or North Germanic. Cognates include Estonian rand, Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand (genitive ranna, partitive randa)

beach, shore
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Inflection

Inflection of rand

	singular	plural
nominative	rand	rannaq
accusative	ranna	rannaq
genitive	ranna	randõ
partitive	randa	randõ
illative	randa	randõ randõhe
inessive	rannan rannahn	rannõn rannõhn
elative	rannast	rannõst
allative	rannalõ	rannõlõ
adessive	rannal	rannõl
ablative	rannalt	rannõlt
translative	rannas	rannõs
terminative	rannaniq	rannõniq
abessive	rannaldaq	rannõldaq
comitative	rannagaq	randõgaq

Synonyms

viiviir'

Derived terms

Elevandiluurand

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɑːn/, /rɒnː/, /ræ̃ːt/, /rɑ̃ːt/, /rẽːd/
Rhymes: -and

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫnd, rönd (“stripe, streak, edge”).

Noun

rand m (definite plural ranän)

A rafter under the roof, on which wood is set to dry.
(in the plural) Rafters between the walls of an outhouse at a fair distance from the floor and apart from each other, to set upon any tools during seasons when not in use, or anything else one wishes to be rid of; scaffolding under the roof for laying up firewood, timber, etc.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rǫnd, rönd (“stripe, streak, edge”).

Noun

rand f (definite plural rendren)

Potato trench.
Stripe, streak.
(figuratively) A streak, a tendency or characteristic.

Related terms

dagsrand
pär-rand
randgäl
randut

Noun

rand n

An aspen or birch circle bound together with root fibres, which with a cow udder is made a sieve.

rand

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

References

Etymology 2

Noun

Translations

See also

Etymology 3

Verb

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Estonian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

French

Noun

Ludian

Etymology

Noun

Maltese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Noun

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

Swedish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

References