FromMiddle English ryng , fromOld English hring ( “ ring, circle ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *hring , fromProto-Germanic *hringaz ( “ ring ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ- , extended nasalized form of*(s)ker- ( “ to turn, bend ” ) .Doublet ofrank andrink , as well as indirectlyrange .
More distantly cognate withProto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whenceBulgarian кръг ( krǎg ) ,Polish krąg ,Russian круг ( krug ) ).
ring (plural rings )
( physical ) A solid object in the shape of a circle.Acircumscribing object , (roughly)circular andhollow , looking like anannual ring ,earring ,finger ring etc.Synonyms: annulus ,hoop ,torus ( jewelry ) Around piece of (precious )metal worn around thefinger or through the ear, nose, etc.His brother gifted him aring for the engagement.
c. 1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Merchant of Venice ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act IV, scene i] :The dearestring in Venice will I give you.
( UK ) Abird band , around piece ofmetal put around abird 'sleg used for identification and studies ofmigration .( UK ) Aburner on a kitchen stove.A piece offood in the shape of a ring.onionrings ; calamarirings
In ajack plug , the connector between thetip and thesleeve . ( vulgar ) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.Lick myring
( historical ) Aninstrument , formerly used for taking the sun'saltitude , consisting of a brass ring suspended by aswivel , with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.( botany ) A flexibleband partly or wholly encircling thespore cases offerns .( physical ) A group of objects arranged in a circle.A circular group of people or objects.aring of mushrooms growing in the wood
a. 1645 ,John Milton , “Il Penseroso ”, inPoems of Mr. John Milton, [ … ] , London: [ … ] Ruth Raworth forHumphrey Mosely , [ … ] , published1646 ,→OCLC ,page39 :And hears the Muſes in aring , / Ay round aboutJoves Altar ſing.
1944 ,Miles Burton , chapter 5, inThe Three Corpse Trick :The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregularring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
( astronomy ) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around aplanet or youngstar .( British ) A large circularprehistoric stone construction such asStonehenge .A longstripe ofcontrastive material, colour, etc, thatencircles something.aring of grime around the bathtub
( Internet ) Ellipsis ofwebring .2002 , Feroz Khan,Information Society in Global Age , page100 :Individuals looking to add their own homepage to a particularring are, however, more or less at the mercy of the ringmaster, who often maintains aring homepage listing its acceptance (or membership) policies and an index of its member sites.
A place where somesports orexhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparablearena , such as aboxing ring or acircus ring ; hence thefield of a politicalcontest .1707 ,Edmund Smith ,Phaedra and Hippolitus :Place me, O, place me in the dustyring , / Where youthful charioteers contend for glory.
The open space in front of aracecourse stand , used for betting purposes. Anexclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.a crimering ; a prostitutionring ; a biddingring (at an auction sale)
1928 ,Upton Sinclair ,Boston :It's a blackmailring , and the district attorneys get a share of the loot.
2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, inThe Guardian [1] :In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophilerings , and other stuff.
( chemistry ) A group ofatoms linked bybonds to form a closedchain in amolecule .a benzenering
( geometry ) Aplanar geometrical figure included between twoconcentric circles .( typography ) Adiacritical mark in the shape of ahollow circle placed above or under the letter; akroužek .( historical ) An old Englishmeasure ofcorn equal to thecoomb or half aquarter .1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers,A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 1, page168 :Thering 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
( computing theory ) Ahierarchical level ofprivilege in a computer system, usually athardware level, used to protect data and functionality (alsoprotection ring ).2007 , Steve Anson, Steve Bunting,Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation , page70 :Kernel Mode processes run inring 0, and User Mode processes run inring 3.
( firearms ) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.( cartomancy ) The twenty-fifthLenormand card.( networking ) Anetwork topology whereconnected devices form acircular data channel . All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are nocollisions , and asingle point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.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 boxing ring brass ring bubble ring bull 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 cornice ring Cox ring cramp ring curtain 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 fede ring finger ring fire ring fisherman's ring five-ring Flieringa ring Fomalhaut dust ring four-ring front ring gas 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 lock 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 reinforcement 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 bit 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 girl ring-giver ring-giving ring-hall ring-hoard 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 reinforcement ring road ring rot ring-shaped ring shout 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-tail cat ring-tailed cat ring-tailed civet cat 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 wear 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 storage ring swim ring synonym ring tart ring teething ring temple ring thickening 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 circumscribing object
Albanian:hallkë (sq) f Arabic:حَلْقَة f ( ḥalqa ) Aragonese:aniello m Asturian:aniellu m Belarusian:кальцо́ n ( kalʹcó ) Bulgarian:халка́ (bg) f ( halká ) ,колелце́ n ( kolelcé ) ,бръ́нка (bg) f ( brǎ́nka ) Burmese:ကွင်း (my) ( kwang: ) Catalan:cèrcol (ca) m Chinese:Eastern Min:環 / 环 ( kuàng ) Mandarin:環 / 环 (zh) ( huán ) ,輪 / 轮 (zh) ( lún ) Corsican:anellu Czech:kroužek (cs) m Estonian:rõngas Finnish:rengas (fi) French:anneau (fr) m Friulian:anel m Galician:anel (gl) m Georgian:რგოლი ( rgoli ) German:Ring (de) m Greek:δακτύλιος (el) m ( daktýlios ) Ancient:κύκλος m ( kúklos ) Hebrew:טַבַּעַת (he) f ( tabá'at ) Hindi:गोला (hi) m ( golā ) ,चक्र (hi) m ( cakra ) Hungarian:karika (hu) ,gyűrű (hu) ,( annual ring ) : évgyűrű (hu) ,( circle ) : kör (hu) Ingrian:rengas Irish:fáinne (ga) f Italian:anello (it) m Japanese:輪 (ja) ( わ, wa ) Kazakh:шығыршық ( şyğyrşyq ) Khmer:វង់មូល ( vŭəng muul ) ,ក្រវិល (km) ( krɑvəl ) Kikuyu:gĩcũhĩ class7 Korean:고리 (ko) ( gori ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:xelek (ku) f Kyrgyz:төңөлүк (ky) ( töŋölük ) Lao:ແຫວນ (lo) ( hǣun ) Latin:ānulus (la) m Latvian:riņķis (lv) m Livonian:rink Malayalam:വളയം (ml) ( vaḷayaṁ ) Manx:kiarkyl m Maori:tarawhiti Mongolian:Cyrillic:бөгж (mn) ( bögž ) Old English:hring m Ottoman Turkish:حلقه ( halka ) ,چنبر ( çember ) Pashto:حلقه (ps) f ( halqá ) Persian:Iranian Persian:حَلْقِه (fa) ( halġe ) ,چَنْبَرِه (fa) ( čanbare ) Plautdietsch:Rinkj m Polish:pierścień (pl) m Portuguese:anel (pt) m Romagnol:anël m Romanian:inel (ro) n Russian:кольцо́ (ru) n ( kolʹcó ) Scottish Gaelic:cearcall m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:кру̑г m Roman:krȗg (sh) m Slovak:krúžok m Southern Altai:тегелик ( tegelik ) Spanish:anillo (es) m ,argolla (es) f Swahili:pete (sw) Swedish:ring (sv) c Tajik:ҳалқа (tg) ( halqa ) Tamil:வலயம் (ta) ( valayam ) Thai:แหวน (th) ( wɛ̌ɛn ) ,วงแหวน (th) ( wong-wɛ̌ɛn ) Turkish:halka (tr) Turkmen:halka Ukrainian:кільце́ (uk) n ( kilʹcé ) Uyghur:ھالقا ( halqa ) Uzbek:halqa (uz) Vietnamese:vòng (vi) Walloon:anea (wa) m Yiddish:רינג m ( ring )
round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger
Afrikaans:ring Aklanon:singsing Albanian:unazë (sq) f Amharic:ቀለበት ( ḳäläbät ) Arabic:خَاتَم m ( ḵātam ) ,خَاتِم m ( ḵātim ) Egyptian Arabic:خاتم m ( ḵātim ) South Levantine Arabic:خاتم m ( ḵātem ) Aragonese:aniello m Armenian:մատանի (hy) ( matani ) Aromanian:nel (roa-rup) Assamese:আঙুঠি ( aṅuthi ) Asturian:aniellu m Azerbaijani:üzük (az) Baluchi:چلہ ( calla ) Bashkir:йөҙөк ( yöźök ) ,балдаҡ ( baldaq ) Basque:eraztun Belarusian:пярсцёнак m ( pjarscjónak ) ,кальцо́ n ( kalʹcó ) ,пе́рсцень m ( pjérscjenʹ ) ,пе́рсьцень m ( pjérsʹcjenʹ ) ( Taraškievica ) ,каблу́чка f ( kablúčka ) Bemba:im-balaáminwe ,i-lindaáminwe Bengali:অঙ্গুরি (bn) ( oṅguri ) Breton:bizou (br) m Brunei Malay:cincin Bulgarian:пръ́стен (bg) m ( prǎ́sten ) Burmese:လက်စွပ် (my) ( lakcwap ) Catalan:anell (ca) m Cebuano:singsing Chamicuro:shpaki'techi Chamorro:aniyu Cherokee:ᎠᎵᏰᏑᏍᏔᏬ ( aliyesustawo ) Chinese:Cantonese:戒指 ( gaai3 zi2 ) ,指環 / 指环 ( zi2 waan4 ) Hakka:禁指 ( kim-chṳ́ ) ,金戒牿 ( kîm-kie-kú ) Hokkien:手指 (zh-min-nan) ( chhiú-chí ) Mandarin:戒指 (zh) ( jièzhǐ ) ,指環 / 指环 (zh) ( zhǐhuán ) Chuvash:ҫӗрӗ ( śĕrĕ ) Corsican:anellu m Czech:prsten (cs) m Dalmatian:anial Danish:ring c Dhivehi:އަނގޮޓި ( aⁿgoṭi ) Dutch:ring (nl) m Egyptian: (jwꜥw m ) Erzya:суркс ( surks ) Esperanto:ringo Estonian:sõrmus Faroese:ringur m Finnish:sormus (fi) French:anneau (fr) m ,bague (fr) f Friulian:anel m Gagauz:üzük Galician:anel (gl) m Georgian:ბეჭედი (ka) ( beč̣edi ) ,ნიშანი (ka) ( nišani ) German:Ring (de) m Gothic:𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 n ( figgragulþ ) Greek:δαχτυλίδι (el) n ( dachtylídi ) Ancient:δακτύλιος m ( daktúlios ) Guaraní:kuairũ Gujarati:વીંટી ( vī̃ṭī ) Haitian Creole:bag Hebrew:טַבַּעַת (he) f ( tabá'at ) Higaonon:sising Hindi:अंगूठी (hi) f ( aṅgūṭhī ) ,छल्ला (hi) m ( challā ) Hungarian:gyűrű (hu) Icelandic:baugur (is) m ,hringur (is) m Ido:ringo (io) Indonesian:cincin (id) Ingrian:sormus Interlingua:anello Irish:fáinne (ga) Italian:anello (it) m Japanese:指輪 (ja) ( ゆびわ, yubiwa ) Javanese:ali-ali Kannada:ಉಂಗುರ (kn) ( uṅgura ) Karachay-Balkar:жюзюк ( jüzük ) ,джюзюк ( cüzük ) Karakalpak:ju'zik Kazakh:жүзік ( jüzık ) ,сақина ( saqina ) Khakas:чӱстӱк ( çüstük ) ,пурба ( purba ) Khalaj:anguştər Khmer:ចិញ្ចៀន (km) ( cəñciən ) Kikuyu:gĩcũhĩ class7 Korean:가락지 (ko) ( garakji ) ,반지 (ko) ( banji ) Kumyk:юзюк ( yuzük ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:ئەنگوستیلە ( engustîle ) ,ئەموستیلە ( emustîle ) Northern Kurdish:gustîl (ku) f ,gustîlk (ku) Kyrgyz:жүзүк (ky) ( jüzük ) ,шакек (ky) ( şakek ) Ladin:varëta f Ladino:aniyo Lao:ແຫວນ (lo) ( hǣun ) Latgalian:gradzyns m ,( wedding ring ) īkors m Latin:ānulus (la) m Latvian:gredzens m Laz:მაწკინდი ( maǯǩindi ) Limburgish:rènk Lingala:lompɛ́tɛ́ class11/ 10 Lithuanian:žiedas m Livonian:sūormõks Lombard:anell Macedonian:прстен m ( prsten ) Maguindanao:sising Malay:cincin (ms) Malayalam:മോതിരം (ml) ( mōtiraṁ ) Maltese:ċurkett m Maranao:sising Megleno-Romanian:ninel Mingrelian:მარწკინდი ( marc̣ḳindi ) Mongolian:Cyrillic:бөгж (mn) ( bögž ) Navajo:yoostsah Nepali:औंठी ( auṇṭhī ) Ngazidja Comorian:mbere class9/ 10 Nogai:юзик ( yuzik ) Norman:bague f ( Jersey ) Norwegian:Bokmål:ring (no) m Occitan:anèl (oc) m Old Church Slavonic:Cyrillic:кольце n ( kolĭce ) ,прьстень m ( prĭstenĭ ) Old East Slavic:пьрстьнь m ( pĭrstĭnĭ ) ,перстень m ( perstenĭ ) Old English:hring m ,bēag m Old Gujarati:मूंद्रडी ( mū̃draḍī ) Oromo:qubeelaa Ottoman Turkish:یوزوك ( yüzük ) ,خاتم ( hatem ) ,حلقه ( halka ) Pashto:ګوتيى f ( gwᶕṭye ) Persian:Iranian Persian:حَلْقِه (fa) ( halġe ) ,اَنْگُشْتَر (fa) ( angoštar ) Plautdietsch:Rinkj m Polish:pierścień (pl) m ,pierścionek (pl) m Portuguese:anel (pt) m Romagnol:anèl m ,anël m Romani:(pleaseverify ) अंगूस्ती ( aṅgūstī ) Romanian:inel (ro) m or f Romansch:anè m ( Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader ) ,ani m ( Sursilvan, Sutsilvan ) ,anel m ( Surmiran ) Russian:кольцо́ (ru) n ( kolʹcó ) ,пе́рстень (ru) m ( pérstenʹ ) ,коле́чко (ru) n ( koléčko ) Sardinian:Campidanese:lóriga ,arra ,aneddu Logudorese:arra Sassarese:lóriga Scottish Gaelic:fàinne f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:пр̏сте̄н m Roman:pȑstēn (sh) m Shor:чӱстӱк ( çüstük ) Sicilian:aneddu (scn) m ,aniddu m Slovak:prsteň (sk) m ,obrúčka f ( wedding ring ) Slovene:prstan (sl) m Southern Altai:јӱстӱк ( ǰüstük ) Spanish:anillo (es) m ,sortija (es) f ,alianza (es) f Svan:მჷსკა̈დ ( məsḳäd ) Swahili:bizimu Swedish:ring (sv) c Sylheti:ꠀꠋꠑꠤ ( aṅṭí ) Tagalog:singsing Tajik:ҳалқа (tg) ( halqa ) ,ангуштарӣ ( anguštari ) Tamil:மோதிரம் (ta) ( mōtiram ) Tarantino:anijdde m Tatar:йөзек (tt) ( yözek ) ,балдак (tt) ( baldaq ) Tausug:singsing Telugu:(pleaseverify ) ఉంగరం (te) ( uṅgaraṁ ) Thai:แหวน (th) ( wɛ̌ɛn ) Tibetan:སོར་གདུབ ( sor gdub ) Tocharian B:pekwe Turkish:yüzük (tr) Turkmen:ýüzük Tutong:seng Tuvan:чүстүк ( çüstük ) Ukrainian:пе́рстень (uk) m ( pérstenʹ ) ,кільце́ (uk) n ( kilʹcé ) ,каблу́чка f ( kablúčka ) ,обру́чка f ( obrúčka ) Urdu:اَن٘گُوٹھی f ( aṅgūṭhī ) ,چَھلّا m ( challā ) Uyghur:ئۈزۈك ( üzük ) Uzbek:uzuk (uz) ,boldoq (uz) Vietnamese:nhẫn (vi) ,cà rá (vi) Walloon:anea (wa) m ,bague (wa) f Welsh:modrwy (cy) f West Frisian:ring White Hmong:nplhaib Yakut:биһилэх ( bihileq ) Yiddish:פֿינגערל n ( fingerl ) Zhuang:haebfwngz ,byokmwz ,gaiqguj
piece of food in the shape of a ring
group of objects arranged in a circle
place where some sports take place
Arabic:حَلْبَة f ( ḥalba ) Armenian:ռինգ (hy) ( ṙing ) Belarusian:рынг m ( rynh ) ,арэ́на f ( aréna ) ,мане́ж m ( manjéž ) ,манэ́ж m ( manéž ) ( horse-riding ) Breton:ring (br) Bulgarian:ринг m ( ring ) ,аре́на (bg) f ( aréna ) Burmese:please add this translation if you can Catalan:ring (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:拳擊臺 / 拳擊台 / 拳击台 (zh) ( quánjītái ) ( boxing ring ) ,擂臺 / 擂台 (zh) ( lèitái ) Czech:ring (cs) m Dutch:ring (nl) m Estonian:ring (et) Faroese:ringur m Finnish:kehä (fi) French:ring (fr) m ,manège (fr) m ( horse-riding ) Georgian:რინგი ( ringi ) German:Ring (de) m Greek:αρένα (el) f ( aréna ) ,ρινγκ (el) ( ringk ) ,παλαίστρα (el) ( palaístra ) Hebrew:זִירָה (he) f ( zirá ) Hindi:घेरा (hi) m ( gherā ) Hungarian:szorító (hu) ,ring (hu) Irish:fáinne (ga) f ,cró troda m ( fighting ) Italian:ring (it) m Japanese:リング (ja) ( ringu ) Khmer:រេញ (km) ( rɨñ ) ,សៃវៀន ( say viən ) Korean:링 (ko) ( ring ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:rîng f Lao:ເວທີມວຍ ( wē thīum nya ) ( boxing ring ) Norwegian:Bokmål:ring (no) m Polish:ring (pl) m Portuguese:ringue (pt) m Russian:ринг (ru) m ( ring ) ,аре́на (ru) f ( aréna ) ,мане́ж (ru) m ( manéž ) ( horse-riding ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ри̏нг m Roman:rȉng (sh) m Slovak:ring m Slovene:ring (sl) m Spanish:ring (es) m ,cuadrilátero (es) m Swedish:ring (sv) c Telugu:గోదా (te) ( gōdā ) ,బరి (te) ( bari ) Thai:สังเวียน ( sǎng-wiian ) ,เวที (th) ( wee-tii ) Turkish:ring (tr) Ukrainian:ринг m ( rynh ) ,аре́на (uk) f ( aréna ) ,мане́ж m ( manéž ) ( horse-riding ) Vietnamese:vòng (vi) Walloon:rigne m
arena where circus acts take place
group of people (for illicit purposes)
Bulgarian:ба́нда (bg) f ( bánda ) ,ша́йка (bg) f ( šájka ) ,котерия (bg) f ( koterija ) Catalan:cercle (ca) Finnish:rinki (fi) ,rengas (fi) French:cercle (fr) m Galician:rolda (gl) f Georgian:წრე (ka) ( c̣re ) German:Ring (de) m Greek:κύκλος (el) m ( kýklos ) Hindi:गुट (hi) m ( guṭ ) ,दल (hi) m ( dal ) Hungarian:banda (hu) ,hálózat (hu) ,szervezet (hu) Indonesian:komplotan (id) Japanese:一味 (ja) ( いちみ, ichimi ) Polish:klika (pl) f ,krąg (pl) m ,szajka (pl) f Portuguese:círculo (pt) m ,quadrilha (pt) m Russian:кли́ка (ru) f ( klíka ) ,ба́нда (ru) f ( bánda ) ,группиро́вка (ru) f ( gruppiróvka ) ,ша́йка (ru) f ( šájka ) Spanish:banda (es) f ,red (es) f
chemistry: group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain
geometry: a planar geometrical figure
burner (e.g. of a stove)
—see burner astronomy: a formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet
typography: diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle
—see kroužek old English measure of corn
Translations to be checked
A boxingring .
Aring on a finger.
Therings of a tree.
The circusring .
Aring on a bird's leg.
Therings of Saturn.
ring (third-person singular simple present rings ,present participle ringing ,simple past and past participle ringed )
( transitive ) Toenclose orsurround .The inner city wasringed with dingy industrial areas.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, inRAIL , number948 , page27 :Today, when stepping off the train, you're presented with a bright and airy concourse that'sringed with a variety of facilities.
( transitive , figuratively ) To make anincision around; togirdle ; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.Theyringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
1887 , Harriet W. Daly,Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia , page50 :The ironbark trees are "rung " at a certain height top and bottom, and the bark detached in one sheet; it is then wetted, and laid out flat on the ground, huge stones being placed to keep it from rolling up again.
( transitive ) Toattach aring to, especially foridentification .We managed toring 22 birds this morning.
1919 ,Popular Science , volume95 , number 4, page31 :Ringing a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements must be made for handling the big ones.
( transitive ) To surround orfit with a ring, or as if with a ring.toring a pig’s snout
c. 1596 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Life and Death of King Iohn ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act III, scene iv] :Ring these fingers with thy household worms.
( falconry ) Torise in theair spirally .1877 May 30,Gerard Manley Hopkins , “The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord ”, inRobert Bridges , editor,Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published [ … ] , London:Humphrey Milford , published1918 ,→OCLC , stanza 1,page29 :[ …] how herung upon the rein of a wimpling wing / In his ecstacy!
( transitive ) Tosteal and change theidentity of (cars ) in order toresell them.A. Woodley,Trio: 3 short stories 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 intoringing cars, adding drugs into it was far more than either of them could ever be comfortable with. 2019 (10 December), Ross McCarthy,Digbeth chop shop gang jailed over £2m stolen car racket (inBirmingham Live )[2] 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 "carringing on a commercial and substantial scale". ( Australia , transitive ) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence( intransitive ) , to work as adrover , to muster cattle.2002 ,Alex Miller ,Journey to the Stone Country , Allen & Unwin, published2003 , page289 :‘I wasringing for your dad out there at Haddon Hill the year you was born. It was a good year for calves.’
to make an incision around a tree
to attach a ring to for identification
to surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring
falconry: to rise in the air spirally
FromMiddle English ringen , fromOld English hrinġan ( “ to ring ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *hringijaną . Cognate withDutch ringen ,Swedish ringa . Ofimitative origin.
ring (plural rings )
The resonant sound of abell , or a sound resembling it.The church bell'sring could be heard the length of the valley.
Thering of hammer on anvil filled the air.
( figuratively ) Apleasant orcorrect sound .The name has a nicering to it.
( figuratively ) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.Her statements in court had aring of falsehood.
( colloquial ) A telephone call.I’ll give you aring when the plane lands.
Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated. Achime , or set of bells harmonically tuned.St Mary's has aring of eight bells.
1655 ,Thomas Fuller ,The Church-history of Britain; [ … ] , London: [ … ] Iohn Williams [ … ] ,→OCLC ,(please specify |book=I to XI) :as great and tunable aring of bells as any in the world resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it
Armenian:ղողանջ (hy) ( ġoġanǰ ) Azerbaijani:zəng (az) Belarusian:звон m ( zvon ) Bulgarian:звън (bg) m ( zvǎn ) ,биене (bg) n ( biene ) Finnish:sointi (fi) Galician:badalada (gl) f Georgian:რეკვა ( reḳva ) Hebrew:צלצול m ( tsiltsúl ) Hindi:घंटी (hi) f ( ghaṇṭī ) ,घंटा (hi) m ( ghaṇṭā ) Hungarian:kongás (hu) ,zengés (hu) ,csengés (hu) Japanese:響き (ja) ( hibiki ) Korean:울림 ( ullim ) ,소리 (ko) ( sori ) Occitan:sonada f ,sonariá f ,campanada f Persian:زنگ (fa) ( zang ) Polish:dzwonek (pl) m ,sygnał (pl) ,sygnałek m Russian:звон (ru) m ( zvon ) Spanish:tañido (es) m Swahili:kengele (sw) Ukrainian:дзвін (uk) m ( dzvin ) ,звін m ( zvin )
pleasant or correct sound
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ring (third-person singular simple present rings ,present participle ringing ,simple past rang or ( nonstandard ) rung ,past participle rung )
( intransitive ) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.The bells wereringing in the town.
( transitive ) To make (abell , etc.) produce a resonant sound.The deliverymanrang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
c. 1606 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act III, scene ii] :The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, / Hathrung night's yawning peal.
( transitive ) To produce (a sound) by ringing.Theyrang a Christmas carol on their handbells.
( intransitive , figuratively ) To produce the sound of abell or a similar sound.Whose mobile phone isringing ?
( intransitive , figuratively ) Of something spoken or written, toappear to be, toseem , tosound .That does notring true.
( transitive , colloquial , British , Australia , New Zealand ) To telephone (someone).I willring you when we arrive.
( intransitive ) toresound ,reverberate ,echo .[ 1898 ] ,J[ohn] Meade Falkner ,Moonfleet , London; Toronto, Ont.:Jonathan Cape , published1934 ,→OCLC :So he spoke, and it seemed there was a little halting at first, as of men not liking to take Blackbeard's name in Blackbeard's place, or raise the Devil by mocking at him. But then some of the bolder shouted 'Blackbeard', and so the more timid chimed in, and in a minute there were a score of voices calling 'Blackbeard, Blackbeard', till the placerang again.
1919 ,Boris Sidis ,The Source and Aim of Human Progress :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 arenaring with applause when Terence in his famous line: ‘Homo sum, Nihil humani alienum puto’ proclaimed the brotherhood of man."
( intransitive ) To producemusic with bells.Toring up ( enter into a cash register or till ) 1983 , T.C. Knudsen, John Hempstead,A Man's Guide to Women :The checkout girlrang it into his total, and he paid the bill.
1990 ,The New Zealand Law Reports - Volume 3 , page75 :On presentation of the item at the checkout the original price sticker was concealed from the checkout assistant and a sticker of $38.88 exhibited on the item. The checkout operatorrang on the lesser sum, a mistake known to Dronjak. He was subsequently charged with theft.
2011 , Tracy E Whipple,A Friend's Last Gift , page88 :. The new cashierrang something twice and had to call for the manager to fix the register.
( dated ) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.Terms derived fromring (verb, etymology 2)
(intr.) to produce a resonant sound
Arabic:طَرَقَ جَرَس ( ṭaraqa jaras ) ,رَنَّ (ar) ( ranna ) Moroccan Arabic:سرسر ( sarsar ) Armenian:զանգել (hy) ( zangel ) ,շառաչել (hy) ( šaṙačʻel ) ,զրնգալ (hy) ( zrngal ) Azerbaijani:səslənmək Basque:tirrina jo Belarusian:звані́ць impf ( zvanícʹ ) ,звіне́ць impf ( zvinjécʹ ) Bulgarian:звънтя́ (bg) impf ( zvǎntjá ) Catalan:dringar (ca) ,( only door-bell ) trucar (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:按鈴 / 按铃 (zh) ( ànlíng ) ,響 / 响 (zh) ( xiǎng ) Czech:zvonit (cs) impf Dutch:bellen (nl) ,klinken (nl) ,rinkelen (nl) Esperanto:sonoradi Estonian:helisema Finnish:soida (fi) French:sonner (fr) Friulian:sunâ Galician:soar (gl) ,repenicar (gl) Georgian:რეკვა ( reḳva ) German:läuten (de) ,klingeln (de) Greek:χτυπάω (el) ( chtypáo ) Hebrew:צלצל (he) ( tsiltsél ) Hindi:घंटी (hi) f ( ghaṇṭī ) Hungarian:csenget (hu) Ido:sonar (io) Ingrian:soittaa Italian:suonare (it) ,scampanellare (it) Japanese:鳴る (ja) ( なる, naru ) Khmer:រោទ៍ (km) ( roo ) Korean:울리다 (ko) ( ullida ) Latin:tinniō Macedonian:ѕвони impf ( dzvoni ) Maori:pere ( referring to bells ) Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norman:sonner ( Jersey ) Norwegian:ringe (no) Nynorsk:ringja Polish:dzwonić (pl) impf Portuguese:tocar (pt) ,soar (pt) Romanian:suna (ro) Russian:звони́ть (ru) impf ( zvonítʹ ) ,звене́ть (ru) impf ( zvenétʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:звонити impf Roman:zvoniti (sh) impf Slovak:zvoniť impf Slovene:zvoniti impf Spanish:sonar (es) ,timbrar (es) ( America ) Swedish:ringa (sv) Thai:please add this translation if you can Turkish:çalmak (tr) Ukrainian:дзвони́ти impf ( dzvonýty ) ,дзвені́ти impf ( dzveníty ) Urdu:بجنا ( bajnā ) Vietnamese:rung (vi) Walloon:souner (wa) Yiddish:קלינגען ( klingen )
(tr.) to make something produce a resonant sound
(tr.) to produce a sound by ringing
(intr.) to produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound
to telephone (someone)
Arabic:تَلْفَنَ ( talfana ) ,رَنَّ (ar) ( ranna ) Armenian:զանգել (hy) ( zangel ) ,զանգահարել (hy) ( zangaharel ) Belarusian:звані́ць impf ( zvanícʹ ) ,пазвані́ць pf ( pazvanícʹ ) ;тэлефанава́ць impf ( teljefanavácʹ ) ,патэлефанава́ць pf ( pateljefanavácʹ ) Bulgarian:телефони́рам (bg) impf or pf ( telefoníram ) ,звъня (bg) ( zvǎnja ) Chinese:Mandarin:打電話 / 打电话 (zh) ( dǎ diànhuà ) Czech:telefonovat (cs) impf ,zatelefonovat pf ,volat (cs) impf ,zavolat (cs) pf ,brnknout pf ( informal ) Danish:ringe (da) Dutch:opbellen (nl) ,telefoneren (nl) Faroese:ringja Finnish:soittaa (jollekin ) Galician:chamar (gl) Georgian:დარეკვა ( dareḳva ) ,რეკვა ( reḳva ) German:anrufen (de) Hebrew:צילצל \ צִלְצֵל (he) ( tsiltsél ) Hindi:फ़ोन करना ( fon karnā ) Japanese:電話をかける (ja) ( でんわをかける, denwa o kakeru ) ,電話する (ja) ( でんわする, denwa suru ) Korean:전화를 걸다 ( jeonhwareul geolda ) ,전화하다 (ko) ( jeonhwahada ) Lithuanian:skambinti Macedonian:телефони́ра impf or pf ( telefoníra ) Maori:rīngi ,waea Norwegian:ringe (no) ,telefonere Nynorsk:ringja Persian:تلفن کردن (fa) ( telefon kardan ) Polish:dzwonić (pl) impf ,zadzwonić (pl) pf ,telefonować (pl) impf ,zatelefonować (pl) pf Portuguese:chamar (pt) ,telefonar (pt) ,ligar (pt) Romanian:suna (ro) Russian:звони́ть (ru) impf ( zvonítʹ ) ,позвони́ть (ru) pf ( pozvonítʹ ) Slovak:telefonovať impf ,zatelefonovať pf ,volať impf ,zavolať pf Spanish:llamar por teléfono (es) ,telefonear (es) Swedish:ringa (sv) Thai:โทรศัพท์ (th) ( too-rá-sàp ) ,โทร (th) ( too ) Ukrainian:дзвони́ти impf ( dzvonýty ) ,подзвони́ти pf ( podzvonýty ) ,телефонува́ти (uk) impf ( telefonuváty ) ,зателефонува́ти pf ( zatelefonuváty ) Urdu:فون کرنا ( fon karnā ) Vietnamese:gọi điện thoại ,gọi điện ,kêu điện thoại
to resound, reverberate, echo
(intr.) to produce music with bells
to repeat often, loudly, or earnestly
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From a shortening ofGerman Zahlring ( “ number(s) ring ” ) (coined by German mathematicianDavid Hilbert in 1892).[ 1] Apparently first used in English in 1930,E. T. Bell , “Rings whose elements are ideals,”Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society .[ 2]
The symbolℤ represents thering of integers. ring (plural rings )
( algebra ) Analgebraic structure which consists of aset with twobinary operations : anadditive operation and amultiplicative operation , such that the set is anabelian group under the additive operation, amonoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation isdistributive with respect to the additive operation.( algebra ) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be asemigroup under themultiplicative operation , that is, there need not be a multiplicativeidentity element .Synonym: rng algebra: an algebraic structure
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ring (plural rings )
( mathematical analysis , measure theory ) A family of sets that is closed underfinite unions and set-theoreticdifferences .[ 3] ( mathematics , order theory ) A family of sets closed under finite union and finiteintersection . ^ 1962, Harvey Cohn,A Second Course in Number Theory , Wiley, 1980,Advanced Number Theory , Dover, Unabridged republication, page 49. ^ Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (R) ^ Gerald B. Folland (©1999 ),Real Analysis : Modern Techniques and Their Applications , Second edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,→ISBN ,→OCLC ,§1.2 , page24 FromDutch ring , fromMiddle Dutch rinc , fromOld Dutch rinc , fromProto-West Germanic *hring , fromProto-Germanic *hringaz .
ring (plural ringe )
ring , hollow circular object(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) .
ring
taro Borrowed fromOld Javanese riṅ . Compare toJavanese ꦲꦶꦁ ( ing ,“ in, on, at ” ) .
ring (Balinese script ᬭᬶᬂ )
( basa alus ) in ,at Synonym: ( basa biasa ) di Ring Bali wénten danu patpat: Batur, Beratan, Tambilingan miwah Buyan. ―There are four lakes in Bali: Batur, Beratan, Tambilingan and Buyan. lianan ring ―besides ring ajeng ―in front of ring arep ―in front of ring dija? ―(at) where? Ring dija ragané magenah? ―Where do you live? Ring dija ragané mekarya? ―Where do you work? ring jero ―inside ring pidan? ―when? (past time reference) Ring pidan ipun rauh? ―When did he come? ring sapunapi ―sometime(s), from time to time “ring ” inBalinese–Indonesian Dictionary[ Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia ] , Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali ]. ring
( of weight ) light Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013)Ünsarne Börtar , Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien ring m inan
ring ( place where some sports take place; boxing ring and similar ) Declension ofring (velar masculine inanimate )
FromOld Norse hringr , fromProto-Germanic *hringaz .
ring c (singular definite ringen ,plural indefinite ringe )
ring circle halo hoop coil Verbal noun toringe ( “ to ring ” ) .
ring n (singular definite ringet ,plural indefinite ring )
( archaic ) ring ( the resonant sound of a bell, a telephone call ) Seeringe .
ring
imperative ofringe FromMiddle Dutch rinc , fromOld Dutch rinc , fromProto-West Germanic *hring , fromProto-Germanic *hringaz .
ring m (plural ringen ,diminutive ringetje n )
ring , hollow circular object( gymnastics ) ring beltway ,ring road (Mormonism) stake (territorial division)FromMiddle Low German rink . CompareGerman Ring . See alsorõngas .
ring (genitive ringi ,partitive ringi )
circle FromEnglish ring (sense 1) andDutch ring (sense 2).
ring m (plural rings )
( sports , chiefly combat sports) ring ( Belgium ) ring road ,beltway ring
boat ring
singular imperative ofringen ( colloquial ) first-person singular present ofringen From anonomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root +-g ( frequentative suffix ) .[ 1]
ring
( intransitive ) toswing , torock Synonyms: billeg ,inog ,ingadozik ,himbálózik ,himbálódzik ( intransitive , of a ship) tosway , toroll Synonyms: ringatózik ,ringatódzik ,dülöng ,dülöngél ,himbálódzik ,himbálózik or
FromEnglish ring .[ 2]
ring (plural ringek )
( dated , boxing ) ring ,boxing ring ( space in which a boxing match is contested ) Synonym: szorító ( to roll, sway, swing ) : ring in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . ( boxing ring ) : ring in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . ( in economy, cf. cartel ) : ring in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . Onomatopoeic .
ring (plural ring -ring )
( onomatopoeia ) sound ofbell FromDutch ring , fromMiddle Dutch rinc , fromOld Dutch rinc , fromProto-Germanic *hringaz .Doublet oflangsir .
ring
ring ,a circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.Synonyms: cincin ,gelang boxing ring ( colloquial ) circle Synonym: lingkaran ring
alternative form ofryng FromProto-Kuki-Chin *riŋ ( “ loud ” ) .
ring (stem II rin )
loud FromProto-Kuki-Chin *riŋ ( “ to believe, trust ” ) .
ring (stem II rin )
tobelieve totrust todepend on toprepare ,get ready FromOld Norse hringr , fromProto-Germanic *hringaz .
ring m (definite singular ringen ,indefinite plural ringer ,definite plural ringene )
ring ; acircular piece of materialThe ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place ring
imperative ofringe “ring” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse hringr , fromProto-Germanic *hringaz .
ring m (definite singular ringen ,indefinite plural ringar ,definite plural ringane )
ring ; acircular piece of materialacircle The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place ring
imperative ofringja andringa “ring” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-West Germanic *hring .
ring m
ring ( object in the shape of a circle ) Borrowed fromEnglish ring .Doublet ofranga ,rynek ,krąg , and kręg .
ring m inan (related adjective ringowy )
( boxing ) boxing ring ring inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANring in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish ring .
ring m (plural rings )
alternative form ofringue Borrowed fromEnglish ring .
rȉng m inan (Cyrillic spelling ри̏нг ,nominative plural rìngovi )
( sports ) ring ( place where some sports take place, e.g. boxing ) This entry needs aninflection-table template .
Borrowed fromGerman Ring .
rȉng m inan (Cyrillic spelling ри̏нг ,nominative plural rìngovi )
ring ( worn on the finger ) This entry needs aninflection-table template .
Borrowed fromEnglish ring .Doublet ofrancho .
ring m (plural rings )
( boxing ) ring FromOld Swedish ringer , fromOld Norse hringr , fromProto-Germanic *hringaz .
ring c
ring ; acircular piece of materialThe ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place ( mathematics ) A ring, algebraic structure( mathematics ) A ring, planar geometrical figure( astronomy ) A ring, collection of material orbiting some planetsEach of the (usually three) years in a Swedishgymnasium (highschool)Ann började nyss andraring . Ann recently began her second year at the gymnasium. See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ring
imperative ofringa FromOld Frisian hring , fromProto-West Germanic *hring . Cognate withEnglish ring ,Dutch ring ,Saterland Frisian Ring .
ring c (plural ringen ,diminutive rinkje )
ring ,circle ring (jewelry)“ring ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 FromMiddle English ryng , fromOld English hring , fromProto-West Germanic *hring .
ring
ring 1867 , “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 5, page96 :A peepeare struck ap; wough dansth aul in aring ; The piper struck up, we danced all in aring , Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page96