/ɹæns/, /ɹɑːns/
OriginFrom Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus.
- countable, uncountableA type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
- Scotland, countable, uncountableA prop or shore.
- countable, uncountableA round or spreader between the legs of a chair.
- Scotland, transitiveTo prop or shore up.
- countable, uncountableA surname.
- countable, uncountableA river in Brittany, France, which flows into the English Channel.
Formsrances(plural) · rances(present, singular, third-person) · rancing(participle, present) · ranced(participle, past) · ranced(past) · Rances(plural)