rand

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹænd/
• 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)

1. The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.

   Coordinate term: lagg

   • 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.
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

• 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.

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

• Wikipedia article on the rand

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.

Etymology 4

Shortened from random.

Noun

rand (plural rands)

1. (programming) A random number.

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/

Noun

rand (plural rande or rand)

1. edge, border
2. rand (numismatics)

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Afrikaans rand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rand/, [rãn̪d̪]

Noun

rand inan

1. rand (currency of South Africa)

Declension

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse rǫnd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑnˀ/

Noun

rand (singular definite randen, plural indefinite rande)

1. rand

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑnt/
• Hyphenation: rand
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

rand m (plural randen, diminutive randje n)

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

Derived terms

• bosrand
• dakrand
• grasrand
• randcrimineel
• randdebiel
• randfiguur
• randvoorwaarde
• 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)

1. beach

Declension

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

• IPA^(key): /rant/

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

• 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)

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

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

• randhav

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

• 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

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

Declension

Derived terms

• randbēag

Related terms

• berindan
• ġerendrian
• rendan
• rind
• rinde
• tōrendan

Descendants

• Middle English: rand, rond
  • English: rand
  • Scots: rand

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans rand. Doublet of rant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: rand
• Homophone: rant

Noun

rand m animal (related adjective randowy)

1. rand (currency of South Africa)

Declension

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrand/

Noun

rand c

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

Declension

Derived terms

• fartrand

Related terms

• randas

References

• rand in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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

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]‎^[1], 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
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Inflection

Synonyms

• viiviir'

Derived terms

• Elevandiluurand