From en.wiktionary.org:
[Ring] [minitoc]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [rĭng] ; [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], extended nasalized
form of [ine-pro]. [en], as well as indirectly [en].
[2]
- [fy]
- [nds]
- [nl]
- [de]
- [sv]
- [fi]
[col-bottom]
More distantly cognate with [sla-pro] (whence [bg], [pl], [ru]).
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A solid object in the shape of a circle.
1. [en] A circumscribing object , (roughly) circular and hollow , looking like an annual ring , earring , finger ring etc.
2. [en] [en] A round piece of ( precious ) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
3. * [IV]
4. [en] A bird band , a round piece of metal put around a bird 's leg used for identification and studies of migration .
5. [en] A burner on a kitchen stove.
6. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
7. In a jack plug , the connector between the tip and the sleeve .
8. [en] The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
9. [en] An instrument , formerly used for taking the sun's altitude , consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel , with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
10. [en] A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore case s of fern s.
2. [en] A group of objects arranged in a circle.
1. A circular group of people or objects.
2. * [poem=Il Penseroso]
3. * [en]
4. [en] A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star .
5. [en] A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as [Stonehenge] .
3. A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircle s something.
4. [en] [en] .
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2002 | author=Feroz Khan | title=Information Society in Global Age | page=100
|passage=Individuals looking to add their own homepage to a particular RING
are, however, more or less at the mercy of the ringmaster, who often maintains
a RING homepage listing its acceptance (or membership) policies and an index
of its member sites.}}
1. A place where some sports or exhibition s take place; notably a circular or comparable arena , such as a boxing ring or a circus ring ; hence the field of a political contest .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1707 | author= [Edmund Smith (poet)] | title=Phaedra and Hippolitus
|passage=Place me, O, place me in the dusty RING, / Where youthful charioteers
contend for glory.}}
1. The open space in front of a racecourse stand , used for betting purposes.
1. [en] An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices. [en]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1877 | author=w:Edward Augustus Freeman | title=The History of the Norman Conquest of England
|passage=the ruling RING at Constantinople}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1928 | author=w:Upton Sinclair | title=Boston
|passage=It's a blackmail RING, and the district attorneys get a share of the
loot.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] A group of atom s linked by bond s to form a closed chain in a molecule .
3. [en] A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circle s.
4. [en] A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek .
5. <!--Verify etymology, please--> [en] An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter .
6. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1866 | author=James Edwin Thorold Rogers | title=A History of Agriculture and Prices in England | volume=1 | page=168
|passage=The RING is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey.
It was equal to half a quarter, i.e., is identical with the coomb of the
eastern counties}}
1. [en] A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also _protection ring_ ).
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2007 | author=Steve Anson; Steve Bunting | title=Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation | page=70
|passage=Kernel Mode processes run in RING 0, and User Mode processes run in
RING 3.}}
1. [en] Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
2. [en] The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
3. [en] A network topology where connected device s form a circular data channel . All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collision s, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en|title=Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)|abdominal inguinal
ring |abdominal ring |abstinence ring |algebra over a ring |alternate ring
hitching |anchor ring |annual ring |A ring |Artin ring |bathtub ring |belly
button ring |belly ring |benzene ring |betting ring |big ring |Borromean
rings|lock ring|ring wear|swim ring |boxing ring |brass ring |bubble ring
|bull ring|fede ring |cake ring |calamari ring |captive bead ring |chainring
|chastity ring |chatter ring |cinnamon ring |circus ring |Claddagh ring |class
ring |claw ring |cock ring |coffee ring |commitment ring |common three-ring
|constriction ring syndrome|Cox ring|ring-tail cat|ring-tailed cat|ring-tailed
civet cat |cornice ring |cramp ring |curtain ring|reinforcement ring|ring
girl|ring reinforcement|thickening ring |decoder ring |Dedekind ring |diamond
ring |dinner ring |discrete valuation ring |division ring |dope-ring |D
ring,D-ring |drug ring |earring |egg ring |Einstein ring |engagement ring
|enringed |eternity ring |factor ring |fairy ring |fairy ring champignon
|finger ring |fire ring |fisherman's ring |five-ring |Flieringa ring
|Fomalhaut dust ring |four-ring |front ring |gas ring|storage ring |Gibson
ring |go for the gold ring |group ring |growth ring |heel ring |Herman ring
|hogring |hold the ring |iron ring |junk ring |Kayser-Fleischer ring |key
ring,keyring |kiss someone's ring |kiss the ring |Kummer ring |Landolt broken
ring |Landolt ring |Liesegang ring |life ring |limbal ring |local ring
|mancude-ring system |mangagement ring |marriage ring |Mickey Mouse ring |mood
ring |mooring ring |napkin ring |navel ring |near-ring |neck ring |Newton's
rings |Niven ring |Nobili's rings |Noetherian ring |nose ring |oath-ring |oath
ring |Olympic Rings |onion ring |ordered ring |O-ring |party ring |pastry ring
|pedophile ring |peg in the ring |penis ring |pinky ring |piscatory ring
|piston ring |pixie ring |pixy ring |planetary ring |pole ring,pole-ring
|posie ring |prime ring |principal ideal ring |prison ring |prize ring
|product ring |promise ring |puke one's ring |purity ring |puzzle ring
|quotient ring |Raschig ring |red ring disease |red ring of death |red ring
skirt |reduced ring |regard ring |ring-a-levio |Ring a Ring o' Roses |ring
armor |ring-around-the-rosy |ring bark,ringbark,ring-bark |ringbearer |ring
bend |ring-billed |ring-billed gull |ring binder |ring-bone |ring buoy
|ring-cake |ring chart |ring chromosome |ring dance |ring doughnut,ring donut
|ring dove,ringdove |ring dropper |ring-dropping |ringed |ring fence |ring
field |ring finger |ring flash |ring gag |ring game |ring gauge |ring-giver
|ring-giving |ring homomorphism |ring in one's nose |ring isomorphism |ring
junction |ring knocker |ring lamp |ring laser |ringleader |ringlet |ring light
|ringlike |ring-lock |ring mail,ringmail |ring modulation |ring modulator
|ring name |ringneck |ring-necked duck |ring-necked parakeet |ring-necked
pheasant |ring-neck,ring-necked |ring-oath |ring of authenticity |ring of
bells |ring of death |Ring of Fire |ring of fractions |Ring of Solomon |ring
of steel |ring of the fisherman |ring of truth |ring oscillator |ring ouzel
|ring parrot |ringpiece |ring play |ring plover |ring-porous |ring pull |ring
rain |ring rat |ring road |ring rot |ring-shaped |ringside |ring silicate
|ring singularity |ring snake |ring spanner |ring species |ring spinner |ring
spinning |ring spot |ring stand |ring sting |ringstraked |ring sum normal form
|ring system |ring-tailed coati |ring-tailed lemur |ring-tailed macauco
|ring-tailed,ringtailed |ringtail,ring-tail |ring-taw |ring tennis
|ring-theoretic |ring-theoretical |ring theory |ring thrush |ring time |ring
topology |ring toss |ring wing |ringworm |ring wrench |rod ring |Roman ring
|rubber ring |run rings around |rush ring |saddle ring |sclerotic ring |seal
ring |septum ring |shen ring |show ring |signet ring |simple ring |six-ring
|slip ring |smoke ring |snap ring |soap ring |sovereign ring |sovvy ring
|split-ring |spy ring |star ring |steel ring |synonym ring |tart ring
|teething ring |temple ring |three-ring circus |throw one's hat in the ring
|throw one's hat into the ring |thumb ring |thumb-ring |toe ring |token ring
|tongue ring |toss one's hat in the ring |toss one's hat into the ring |total
ring of fractions |tow ring |tree ring |tympanic ring |Ulloa's ring |unique
factorization ring |vaginal ring |valuation ring |vortex ring |v-ring
|Waldeyer's ring |wedding ring |wedding-ring |wrestling ring |X-ring |zero
ring }}
***** Related terms
- [en]
***** Descendants
[2]
- [fr]
- [hu]
- [it]
- [ja]
- [pl]
- [sh]
- [es]
- [tr]
[col-bottom]
***** Translations
{{multitrans|data= [circumscribing object]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Corsican: [co]
- Czech: [cs]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [annual ring] [hu] , [circle] [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Kikuyu: [ki]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Livonian: [liv]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Aklanon: [akl]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Amharic: [am]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Assamese: [as]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Baluchi: [bal]
- Bashkir: [ba] , [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] [Taraškievica] , [be]
- Bemba: [bem] , [bem]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Breton: [br]
- Brunei Malay: [kxd]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Chamicuro: [ccc]
- Chamorro: [ch]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Chuvash: [cv]
- Corsican: [co]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dalmatian: [dlm]
- Danish: [da]
- Dhivehi: [dv]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Egyptian: [jwꜥw]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Gagauz: [gag]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Guaraní: [gn]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Higaonon: [mba]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Javanese: [jv]
- Kannada: [kn]
- Karachay-Balkar: [krc] , [krc]
- Karakalpak: [kaa]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Khakas: [kjh] , [kjh]
- Khalaj: [klj]
- Khmer: [km]
- Kikuyu: [ki]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
- Ladin: [lld]
- Ladino: [lad]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latgalian: [ltg] , [wedding ring] [ltg]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Laz: [lzz]
- Limburgish: [li]
- Lingala: [ln]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Livonian: [liv]
- Lombard: [lmo]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maguindanao: [mdh]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Maranao: [mrw]
- Megleno-Romanian: [ruq]
- Mingrelian: [xmf]
- Mongolian:
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Nogai: [nog]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old East Slavic: [orv] , [orv]
- Old English: [ang] , [ang]
- Old Gujarati: [inc-ogu]
- Oromo: [om]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota] , [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romagnol: [rgn] , [rgn]
- Romani: [rom]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm] [Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader] , [rm] [Sursilvan, Sutsilvan] , [rm] [Surmiran]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sardinian:
- Sassarese: [sdc]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shor: [cjs]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk] [wedding ring]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Svan: [sva]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Sylheti: [syl]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tarantino: [roa-tar]
- Tatar: [tt] , [tt]
- Tausug: [tsg]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Tutong: [ttg]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Walloon: [wa] , [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zhuang: [za] , [za] , [za]
[trans-bottom]
[bird band]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Kurdish:
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Walloon: [wa]
[trans-bottom]
[piece of food in the shape of a ring]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[group of objects arranged in a circle]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
[trans-bottom]
[place where some sports take place]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] [horse-riding]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] [horse-riding]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] [fighting]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Lao: [lo] [boxing ring]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [horse-riding]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te] , [te]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] [horse-riding]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Walloon: [wa]
[trans-bottom]
[arena where circus acts take place]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[group of people (for illicit purposes)]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[chemistry: group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[geometry: a planar geometrical figure]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom]
[burner (e.g. of a stove)]
[astronomy: a formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a
planet]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Walloon: [wa]
[trans-bottom]
[typography: diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle]
[old English measure of corn]
- Finnish: [fi] [rough equivalent]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Breton: [br]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
[trans-bottom] }}
***** Gallery
<gallery mode=packed> Image:JO Atlanta 1996 - Boxe.jpg|A boxing RING.
Image:Finger ring.jpg|A RING on a finger. Image:Tree rings.jpg|The RINGS of a
tree. Image:Georges Seurat 019.jpg|The circus RING. Image:Bird ringing
shandong.JPG|A RING on a bird's leg. Image:Saturn eclipse.jpg|The RINGS of
Saturn. </gallery>
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To enclose or surround .
2. * [en]
3. [en] To make an incision around; to girdle ; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
4. * [1=en]
5. [en] To attach a ring to, especially for identification .
6. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1919 | journal=Popular Science | volume=95 | issue=4 | page=31
|passage= RINGING a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements
must be made for handling the big ones.}}
1. [en] To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
2. * [III]
3. [en] To rise in the air spirally .
4. * [poem=The Windhover]
5. [en] To steal and change the identity of ( car s) in order to resell them.
6. * A. Woodley, _Trio: 3 short stories_
7. *: Gabe said that as Derry had only caught part of the conversation, it's possible that they were discussing a film, it was bad enough that they'd unwittingly been brought into RINGING cars, adding drugs into it was far more than either of them could ever be comfortable with.
8. * 2019 (10 December), Ross McCarthy, _Digbeth chop shop gang jailed over £2m stolen car racket_ (in _Birmingham Live_ ) see https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/digbeth-chop-shop-gang-jailed-17393456
9. *: They used two bases in Digbeth to break down luxury motors, some of which were carjacked or stolen after keys were taken in house raids. The parts were then fitted to salvaged cars bought online. [...] Jailing the quartet, a judge at Birmingham Crown Court said it was a "car RINGING on a commercial and substantial scale".
10. [en] To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence [intransitive] , to work as a drover , to muster cattle.
11. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2002 | author= [Alex Miller (writer)] | title=Journey to the Stone Country | publisher=Allen & Unwin | year_published=2003 | page=289
|passage=‘I was RINGING for your dad out there at Haddon Hill the year you was
born. It was a good year for calves.’}}
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en] , [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
{{multitrans|data= [to surround or enclose]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to make an incision around a tree]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[to attach a ring to for identification]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[falconry: to rise in the air spirally]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom] }}
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], from [en]. Cognate with [nl], [sv]. Of imitative
origin.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. The resonant sound of a bell , or a sound resembling it.
2. [en] A pleasant or correct sound .
3. [en] A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
4. [en] A telephone call.
5. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
6. * {{ RQ:Bacon Henry 7
|passage=the RING of acclamations fresh in his ears}}
1. A chime , or set of bells harmonically tuned.
2. * {{ RQ:Fuller Church History
|passage=as great and tunable a RING of bells as any in the world}}
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |give a ring,give someone a ring |ring-a-ding |ring-in |ring cadence
|ringtone |ringback |telephone ring }}
***** Translations
{{multitrans|data= [resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc] , [oc]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[pleasant or correct sound]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
[trans-bottom]
[telephone call]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- German: [de]
- Norwegian: [no]
[trans-bottom] }}
**** Verb
[rings]
1. [en] Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
2. [en] To make (a bell , etc.) produce a resonant sound.
3. * [III]
4. [en] To produce (a sound) by ringing.
5. [en] To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
6. [en] Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem , to sound .
7. [en] [en] To telephone (someone).
8. [en] to resound , reverberate , echo .
9. * [XXIII]
10. * [year=1934]
11. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1919 | author=w:Boris Sidis | title=s:The Source and Aim of Human Progress
|passage=It is instructive for us to learn as well as to ponder on the fact
that "the very men who looked down with delight, when the sand of the arena
reddened with human blood, made the arena RING with applause when Terence in
his famous line: ‘Homo sum, Nihil humani alienum puto’ proclaimed the
brotherhood of man."}}
1. [en] To produce music with bells.
2. * [passage=Four Bells admit Twenty-four changes in RINGING]
3. To ring up [enter into a cash register or till]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en|title=Terms derived from _ring_ (verb, etymology 2) |make the welkin
ring |ring a bell |ring around |ring back |ring down the curtain |ringer
|ringing |ring false |ring hollow |ring in |ring off |ring off the hook |ring
one's bell |ring out |ring someone's bell |ring through |ring true |ring up
|ring up the curtain |unring |ring round|ring the changes|ring the devil's
doorbell|ring the welkins }}
***** Translations
{{multitrans|data= [(intr.) to produce a resonant sound]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy] , [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [only door-bell] [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi] [referring to bells]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [America]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[(tr.) to make something produce a resonant sound]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek:
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] (w dzwon)
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Urdu: [ur]
[trans-bottom]
[(tr.) to produce a sound by ringing]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Urdu: [ur]
[trans-bottom]
[(intr.) to produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] ; [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Russian: [ru]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Urdu: [ur]
[trans-bottom]
[to appear to be]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to telephone (someone)]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] ; [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] [informal]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk] , [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to resound, reverberate, echo]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Maori: [mi]
- Spanish: [es]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[(intr.) to produce music with bells]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[to repeat often, loudly, or earnestly]
- Finnish: [fi] [often] ; [fi] [loudly] ; [fi] [earnestly]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Breton: [br]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] < !-- link as t-SOP if non-idiomatic; put marked word in | alt=; see User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing -->
- Latin: [la]
[trans-bottom] }}
*** Etymology 3
From a shortening of [en] (coined by German mathematician [David Hilbert] in
1892).[1] Apparently first used in English in 1930, [Eric Temple Bell], “Rings
whose elements are ideals,” _[Bulletin of the American Mathematical
Society]_.[2]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operation s: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation , such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
2. [en] An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation , that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element .
***** Hypernyms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
***** Hyponyms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
***** Meronyms
- [group of units]
- [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
{{multitrans|data= [algebra: an algebraic structure]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom] }}
*** Etymology 4
[en] [Ring of sets]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A family of sets that is closed under finite union s and set-theoretic difference s. [3]
2. [en] A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection .
***** Hyponyms
- [en] (of sets)
- [en]
***** Translations
{{multitrans|data= [family of sets...]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom] }}
*** References
References:
[1]. 1962, Harvey Cohn, _A Second Course in Number Theory_ , Wiley, 1980, _Advanced Number Theory_ , Dover, Unabridged republication, page 49.
[2]. Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (R) (see http://jeff560.tripod.com/r.html)
[3]. {{ cite-book
| author= [Gerald Folland]
| title=Real Analysis : Modern Techniques and Their Applications
| edition=Second
| location=New York
| publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
| year=©1999
| section=§1.2
| page=24
| isbn=978-0-471-31716-6
| oclc=803988029
}}
[4]. [R:Zaicz 2006]
[5]. [R:TotfalusiEty 2005]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Afrikaans
*** Etymology
From [af], from [af], from [af], from [af], from [af].
*** Pronunciation
- [af]
*** Noun
[ringe]
1. [en] , hollow circular object
** Atong (India)
*** Etymology
[aot].
*** Noun
[aot-noun]
1. taro
*** References
- [R:aot:Breugel]
[aot]
** Balinese
*** Etymology
[ban]. Compare to [jv].
*** Preposition
[ban]
1. [ban] in , at
*** Further reading
- [ring]
** Cimbrian
*** Adjective
[cim]
1. [cim] light
*** References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar (see https://web.archive.org/web/20201023025421/http://www.lusern.it/documenti/Centro_documentazione/libri-depliant-att--didattica-relazioni-etc-/libri/le-nostre-parole-luserna.pdf) , Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
** Czech
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
- [cs]
- [cs]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [en] [place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar]
**** Declension
[m]
*** Further reading
- [R:cs:PSJC]
- [R:cs:SSJC]
** Danish
*** Etymology 1
From [da], from [da].
**** Pronunciation
- [da]
**** Noun
[en]
1. [en]
2. circle
3. halo
4. hoop
5. coil
***** Inflection
[en]
***** Derived terms
- [da]
*** Etymology 2
Verbal noun to [da].
**** Pronunciation
- [da]
**** Noun
[et]
1. [da] [en] [the resonant sound of a bell, a telephone call]
***** Inflection
[et]
*** Etymology 3
See [da].
**** Pronunciation
- [da]
**** Verb
[da]
1. [da]
** Dutch
[lang=nl]
*** Etymology
From [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] , hollow circular object
2. [nl] [en]
3. beltway , ring road
4. _(Mormonism)_ stake (territorial division)
**** Derived terms
{{col4|nl |binnen de Ring |bisschopsring |diamantring |naairing |neusring
|omringen |ringmus |ringsnaveleend |ringsnavelmeeuw |ringsoort |ringvormig
|ringworm |trouwring |verlovingsring |vissersring |zegelring }}
**** Descendants
- [af]
- [dcr]
- [djk]
- [id]
- [bor=1] [from the diminutive]
*** See also
- [nl]
** Estonian
*** Etymology
From [et]. Compare [de]. See also [et].
*** Noun
[ringi]
1. circle
**** Declension
[rin]
**** See also
- [et]
** French
*** Etymology
From [fr] (sense 1) and [fr] (sense 2).
*** Pronunciation
- [riŋgue]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [fr] [en]
2. [fr] [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
**** Descendants
- [ro]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Garo
*** Noun
[grt]
1. boat
[grt]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
*** Verb
[de]
1. [de]
2. [de] [de]
** Hungarian
*** Pronunciation
- [hu-IPA]
- [hu]
- [hu]
*** Etymology 1
From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + [hu].[4] [hu]
**** Verb
[hu-verb]
1. [hu] to swing , to rock
2. [hu] to sway , to roll
***** Conjugation
[r] or [ri] <!-- cf.
http://corpus.nytud.hu/cgi-bin/e-szokincs/alaktan?lid=53949 "ringasz" is in
parentheses, "ringottam" is also possible, although given in parentheses -->
***** Derived terms
- [hu]
*** Etymology 2
From [hu].[5]
**** Noun
[ek]
1. [hu] [en] , boxing ring [space in which a boxing match is contested]
***** Declension
[ringe][ring]
*** References
References:
[1]. 1962, Harvey Cohn, _A Second Course in Number Theory_ , Wiley, 1980, _Advanced Number Theory_ , Dover, Unabridged republication, page 49.
[2]. Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (R) (see http://jeff560.tripod.com/r.html)
[3]. {{ cite-book
| author= [Gerald Folland]
| title=Real Analysis : Modern Techniques and Their Applications
| edition=Second
| location=New York
| publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
| year=©1999
| section=§1.2
| page=24
| isbn=978-0-471-31716-6
| oclc=803988029
}}
[4]. [R:Zaicz 2006]
[5]. [R:TotfalusiEty 2005]
*** Further reading
- [1]
- [2]
- [3]
[hu]
** Indonesian
[lang=id]
*** Etymology 1
[id].
**** Pronunciation
- [id]
- [id]
**** Noun
[id-noun]
1. [id] sound of bell
*** Etymology 2
From [id], from [id], from [id], from [id]. [id].
**** Pronunciation
- [id]
- [id]
**** Noun
[id]
1. [en] ,
1. a circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
2. boxing ring
2. [id] circle
*** Further reading
- [R:KBBI Daring]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Mizo
*** Adjective
[lus]
1. loud
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology 1
From [nb], from [nb].
**** Noun
[nb-noun-m1]
1. [en] ; a circular piece of material
2. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
***** Derived terms
{{col3|nb |benzenring |diamantring |forlovelsesring |giftering |nøkkelring
|ringblomst |ringdue |ringfinger |ringformet |ringmuskel |ringnøkkel
|smultring }}
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Alternative forms
- [nn]
*** Etymology
From [nn], from [nn].
*** Pronunciation
- [no]
*** Noun
[nn-noun-m1]
1. [en] ; a circular piece of material
2. a circle
3. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
**** Derived terms
{{col3|nn |benzenring |diamantring |giftering |ringdue |ringfinger |ringmuskel
|ringsel |smultring }}
*** Verb
[nn]
1. [nn]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
** Old High German
*** Alternative forms
- [goh]
*** Etymology
[goh] From [goh].
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [object in the shape of a circle]
**** Declension
[ring]
**** Descendants
- [gmh]
- [de]
- [lb]
- [yi]
- [zlw-ocs]
- [zlw-opl]
** Polish
[lang=pl]
*** Etymology
[pl] [pl]. [pl].
*** Pronunciation
[a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-ring.wav]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [pl] boxing ring
**** Declension
[pl-decl-noun-m-in]
*** Further reading
- [R:pl:WSJP]
- [R:pl:PWN]
** Portuguese
*** Etymology
[pt].
*** Noun
[m]
1. [pt]
** Serbo-Croatian
*** Etymology 1
[sh].
**** Noun
[rȉng]
1. [sh] [en] [place where some sports take place, e.g. boxing]
***** Declension
[sh]
*** Etymology 2
[sh].
**** Noun
[rȉng]
1. [en] [worn on the finger]
***** Declension
[sh]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [es]. [es].
*** Noun
[m]
1. [es] [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DRAE]
** Swedish
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Etymology 1
From [sv], from [sv], from [sv].
**** Noun
[c]
1. [en] ; a circular piece of material
2. The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
3. [sv] A ring, algebraic structure
4. [sv] A ring, planar geometrical figure
5. [sv] A ring, collection of material orbiting some planets
6. Each of the (usually three) years in a Swedish _[sv]_ (highschool)
***** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-ar]
***** Derived terms
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[sv]
1. [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]
** West Frisian
*** Etymology
From [fy], from [fy]. Cognate with [en], [nl], [stq].
*** Noun
[c]
1. ring , circle
2. [fy] ring (jewelry)
**** Derived terms
- [fy]
- [fy]
**** Further reading
- [82171]
** Yola
*** Etymology
From [yol], from [yol], from [yol].
*** Pronunciation
- [yol]
*** Noun
[yol]
1. ring
2. * [yol]
*** References
- [page=96]