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masculine

/ʁɑ̃/

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Translation

row, line; rank

Word origin

From Frankish hring ('a ring, a circle of people'), a Germanic word rather than a Latin one. English 'rank' was borrowed from the French, and 'ring' is its native cousin.

Origin
Frankish
Root
hring
English cognates
rank, ring, arrange

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralrangs

Examples

au .

We were sitting in the third row.

.

The soldiers were advancing three ranks deep.

.

She is top of her class.

- .

Get in line like everyone else.

.

These rows of chairs are far too close together.

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This word is part of lesson 41.