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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also: Rand, RAND, and rând

English

Pronunciation

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)

  1. The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
    Coordinate term: lagg
    at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh
    • 1963, Field Studies [Council of Great Britain], volume 1, page 132:
      Outside the rand or steep edge of this dome the bog is permanently ringed around by a zone liable to base-rich flooding, and this zone, the lagg, carries a persistent fen or carr vegetation.
    • 1984, Herman W. Gabriel, Glossary of Landscape & Vegetation Ecology for Alaska, page 64, entry "lagg":
      Lagg (1) Marginal zone outside the rand containing fen vegetation and representing the transition between raised bog peat and mineral soils.
    • 2013, Peter D. Moore, European Mires, page 288:
      […] the rands, especially near the Teifi river, are very steep.
  2. (obsolete, now dialect) A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
  3. (UK, dialect, rare) A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
    • 1867, Anderson, Rhymes, page 44:
      They quarrelled an' fought 'mang the clippin's an' rands, / The tailor insistin' the colour was blue.
  4. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

References

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.

The sense of currency is because of gold that was extracted from the Witwatersrand rocks.

Noun

rand (plural rands or rand)

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

See also

Etymology 3

See rant.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To rant; to storm.
    • c. 1601 (date written), Thomas Decker [i.e., Thomas Dekker], Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], North-ward Hoe. […], London: […] G[eorge] Eld, published 1607, →OCLC; reprinted as John S. Farmer, editor, Northward Hoe (The Tudor Facsimile Texts; 23), [Amersham, Buckinghamshire: John S. Farmer], 1914, →OCLC, Act IV, signatures F, verso – F2, recto:
      […] I ſmelt out my noble ſtincker Greenſheild in his Chamber, and as tho my heart ſtringes had bin crackt, I vvept, & thumpd, and thumpd, and rau'd and randed, and raild, and told him hovv my vvife vvas novv grovvne as common as baibery, and that ſhee had hierd her Taylor to ride vvith her to VVare, to meete a Gentleman of the Court.

Etymology 4

Shortened from random.

Noun

rand (plural rands)

  1. (programming) A random number.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

rand (plural rande or rand)

  1. edge, border
  2. rand (numismatics)

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Afrikaans rand.

Pronunciation

Noun

rand inan

  1. rand (currency of South Africa)

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...
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 — —
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Further reading

  • “rand”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫnd.

Pronunciation

Noun

rand (singular definite randen, plural indefinite rande)

  1. rand

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...
Declension of rand
common
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rand randen rande randene
genitive rands randens randes randenes
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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

rand m (plural randen, diminutive randje n)

  1. edge, brink, rim
  2. (topology) boundary

Derived terms

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)

  1. beach

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 22e/riik, d-n gradation), singular ...
Declension of rand (ÕS type 22e/riik, d-n gradation)
singular plural
nominative rand rannad
accusative nom.
gen. ranna
genitive 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
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French

Noun

rand m (plural rands)

  1. rand (currency)

Ludian

Etymology

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

Noun

rand

  1. shore

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَنْد (rand).

Pronunciation

Noun

rand m (collective, singulative randa, paucal randiet)

  1. 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)

  1. edge
  2. brim (e.g. of a glass)
Derived terms

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)

  1. 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)

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

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rand m (plural randen)

  1. rand (monetary unit of South Africa)

Etymology 3

Noun

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

  1. 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

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

Noun

rand m

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

Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
nominative rand rand
accusative rand rand
genitive randes randa
dative rande randum
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Derived terms

Descendants

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans rand. Doublet of rant.

Pronunciation

Noun

rand m animal (related adjective randowy)

  1. rand (currency of South Africa)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
nominative rand randy
genitive randa randów
dative randowi random
accusative randa randy
instrumental randem randami
locative randzie randach
vocative randzie randy
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Declension of rand

Further reading

  • rand in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rand.

Noun

rand m (plural rands)

  1. rand (numismatics unit of South Africa)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫnd, cognate with Icelandic rönd.

Pronunciation

Noun

rand c

  1. edge, border, boundary
  2. stripe, streak

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
Declension of rand
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rand rands
definite randen randens
plural indefinite ränder ränders
definite ränderna rändernas
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Derived terms

References

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

rand

  1. coast, shore
  2. beach
  3. end, edge, boundary
  4. land, country

Inflection

More information Inflection of (inflection type 5/sana), nominative sing. ...
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 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 randoihesai
terminative II randalesai randoilesai
terminative III randassai —
additive I randahapäi randoihepäi
additive II randalepäi randoilepäi
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Derived terms

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)

  1. beach, shore
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Inflection

More information singular, plural ...
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
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Inflection of rand

Synonyms

  • viiviir'

Derived terms

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