ranch

English Online Dictionary. What means ranch‎? What does ranch mean?

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɑːnt͡ʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹænt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ, -æntʃ

Noun

ranch (countable and uncountable, plural ranches)

1. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
2. A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
3. A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
4. (uncountable) Ranch dressing.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ranch (third-person singular simple present ranches, present participle ranching, simple past and past participle ranched)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To work on a ranch.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From English ranch.

Noun

ranch c (singular definite ranchen, plural indefinite rancher)

1. a ranch

Declension

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

Noun

ranch m (plural ranches or ranchen, diminutive ranchje n)

1. 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣãʃ/

Noun

ranch

1. 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)

1. a ranch, notably livestock breeding farm

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ranch.

Noun

ranch n (plural ranch-uri)

1. ranch

Declension