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{{also|ränga|rangă}}
==English==
==English==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Corruption of {{term|orangutan|lang=en}}; popularised by the ABC television show, ''[[w:Summer Heights High|Summer Heights High]]'' (2007).
Extracted from {{m|en|orangutan|(o)rang(utan)}}, with {{m|en|-er#Etymology 10}} suffix; in use since 1990s; to a certain extent popularised by the ABC television show ''[[w:Summer Heights High|Summer Heights High]]'' (2007).


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|AusE}} {{IPA|/ɹæŋə/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɹæŋə/|a=AusE}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-ranga.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|æŋɑː}}
* {{rhymes|en|æŋə|s=2}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{context|Australia|slang|pejorative|lang=en}} An orange-haired or red-haired person.
# {{lb|en|Australia|New Zealand|slang|pejorative}} An orange-haired or red-haired person.
#* '''2009''', [[w:David Foster (novelist)|David Foster]], ''Sons of the Rumour'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OQ3ZF5El5DQC&pg=PT233&dq=%22ranga%22|%22rangas%22+red+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iTD4T7_JG4apiAfD0bD_Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false unnumbered page],
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=[[w:David Foster (novelist)|David Foster]]|title=Sons of the Rumour|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OQ3ZF5El5DQC&pg=PT233&dq=%22ranga%22%7C%22rangas%22+red+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iTD4T7_JG4apiAfD0bD_Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=unnumbered
#*: You′re looking down upon ‘'''rangas'''’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.
|passage=You′re looking down upon ‘'''rangas'''’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.}}
#* '''2010''', [[w:Mungo Wentworth MacCallum|Mungo MacCallum]], ''Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010'', Large Print 16pt Edition, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3W01pEah0qEC&pg=PR2&dq=%22ranga%22|%22rangas%22+red+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iTD4T7_JG4apiAfD0bD_Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ranga%22|%22rangas%22%20red%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page ii],
#* '''2010''', [[w:Mungo Wentworth MacCallum|Mungo MacCallum]], ''Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010'', Large Print 16pt Edition, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3W01pEah0qEC&pg=PR2&dq=%22ranga%22|%22rangas%22+red+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iTD4T7_JG4apiAfD0bD_Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ranga%22|%22rangas%22%20red%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page ii],
#*: Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country′s first '''ranga''' prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can′t tell.
#*: Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country′s first '''ranga''' prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can′t tell.
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#*: Fez′s resolutions:{{...}}
#*: Fez′s resolutions:{{...}}
#*: 3. I will not call Blue ‘'''Ranga''' Girl’.
#*: 3. I will not call Blue ‘'''Ranga''' Girl’.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|author=w:Charlotte Wood|title=The Natural Way of Things|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year_published=2018|page=183
|passage=Joy and Lydia and Izzy despised the rest of the girls, from their plucked little threesome, disgusted by Yolanda's hairy calves, the faint down over a lip, Verla's '''''ranga''''' armpits.}}
#* '''2018''', Aussie Disney (YouTube), Aussie Incredibles:
#*: SID: Yeah, all my friends hate me, I don't know why. MR. INCREDIBLE: Maybe it's because you're a fucking '''ranga''' you cockhead. SID: What the fuck did you just say, cunt? MR. INCREDIBLE: I said; '''ranga'''. SID: I am not a '''ranga'''!


====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
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====See also====
====See also====
* {{l|en|bloodnut}}
* [[Bluey]]
* {{l|en|Bluey}}
* {{l|en|ginger}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* [[argan#English|argan]], [[grana#English|grana]]
* {{anagrams|en|a=aagnr|Nagra|Ragan|argan|grana}}


{{C|en|Hair|People}}
----

==Bikol Central==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|bcl|sa|रङ्ग||amusement, diversion, mirth}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hyph|bcl|ra|nga}}
* {{bcl-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{head|bcl|noun|head=ránga}}

# [[relief]], [[solace]], [[consoling]]
#: {{syn|bcl|konsuwelo}}
# [[comfort]], [[comforting]]
#: {{syn|bcl|ginhawa|karinyo}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|bcl|magranga|rangahan|karangahan|maranga}}

==Icelandic==

===Noun===
{{is-noun|f|röngu|-}}

# [[reverse]] side
# [[wrong]] side

====Declension====
{{is-decl-noun-f-w1|r|a|ng|pl=-}}


==Irish==
==Irish==


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{head|ga|g=m}}
{{head|ga|noun form}}


# {{genitive of|rang|lang=ga}}
# {{infl of|ga|rang||gen|s}}


==Polish==
----
{{wp|lang=pl}}


==Rapa Nui==
===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|fr|frm|fro|frk|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro}}
{{bor+|pl|de|Rang}}. {{dbt|pl|ring|rynek}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-p|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-ranga.wav}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{head|rap|noun}}
{{pl-noun|f}}


# {{lb|pl|military}} [[rank]]
# war [[refugee]], [[fugitive]]
#* {{quote-journal|pl|url=https://www.rp.pl/inne/art4981561-usadzenie-przy-stole-podczas-podrozy-sluzbowej-pokazuje-miejsce-w-szeregu|author=Jędrzej Bielecki; Piotr Gursztyn; Monika Kruszewska-Mikucka; Olgierd Kwiatkowski; Kinga Olszewska|date=2014-07-06|title=Usadzenie przy stole podczas podróży służbowej pokazuje miejsce w szeregu|journal=[[:w:Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515014228/https://www.rp.pl/inne/art4981561-usadzenie-przy-stole-podczas-podrozy-sluzbowej-pokazuje-miejsce-w-szeregu|archivedate=2022-05-15|text=Nawet w sytuacji, kiedy gość jest znacznie wyższy '''rangą''' od gospodarza, nadal osoba przyjmująca delegację wita się jako pierwsza.|t=Even in a situation where the guest is much higher '''in rank''' than the host, the person receiving the delegation is still greeted as the first.}}
# [[weight]], [[importance]]
#: {{syn|pl|doniosłość}}


====Derived terms====
====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-f}}
* [[kohau ranga]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}


# {{pt-verb form of|rangar}}
[[fr:ranga]]
[[io:ranga]]
[[mg:ranga]]
[[pl:ranga]]

Revision as of 10:50, 27 September 2024

See also: ränga and rangă

English

Etymology

Extracted from (o)rang(utan), with -er suffix; in use since 1990s; to a certain extent popularised by the ABC television show Summer Heights High (2007).

Pronunciation

Noun

ranga (plural rangas)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
    • 2009, David Foster, Sons of the Rumour, unnumbered page:
      You′re looking down upon ‘rangas’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.
    • 2010, Mungo MacCallum, Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010, Large Print 16pt Edition, page ii,
      Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country′s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can′t tell.
    • 2010, Katrina Nannestad, Red Dirt Diary, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
      Fez′s resolutions: […]
      3. I will not call Blue ‘Ranga Girl’.
    • 2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin, published 2018, page 183:
      Joy and Lydia and Izzy despised the rest of the girls, from their plucked little threesome, disgusted by Yolanda's hairy calves, the faint down over a lip, Verla's ranga armpits.
    • 2018, Aussie Disney (YouTube), Aussie Incredibles:
      SID: Yeah, all my friends hate me, I don't know why. MR. INCREDIBLE: Maybe it's because you're a fucking ranga you cockhead. SID: What the fuck did you just say, cunt? MR. INCREDIBLE: I said; ranga. SID: I am not a ranga!

Usage notes

Sometimes used as a nickname or epithet.

See also

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga, “amusement, diversion, mirth”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ra‧nga
  • IPA(key): /ˈɾaŋa/ [ˈɾa.ŋa]

Noun

ránga

  1. relief, solace, consoling
    Synonym: konsuwelo
  2. comfort, comforting
    Synonyms: ginhawa, karinyo

Derived terms

Icelandic

Noun

ranga f (genitive singular röngu, no plural)

  1. reverse side
  2. wrong side

Declension

    Declension of ranga
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative ranga rangan
accusative röngu rönguna
dative röngu röngunni
genitive röngu röngunnar

Irish

Noun

ranga

  1. genitive singular of rang

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rang. Doublet of ring and rynek.

Pronunciation

Noun

ranga f

  1. (military) rank
    • 2014 July 6, Jędrzej Bielecki, Piotr Gursztyn, Monika Kruszewska-Mikucka, Olgierd Kwiatkowski, Kinga Olszewska, “Usadzenie przy stole podczas podróży służbowej pokazuje miejsce w szeregu”, in Rzeczpospolita‎[1], archived from the original on 2022-05-15:
      Nawet w sytuacji, kiedy gość jest znacznie wyższy rangą od gospodarza, nadal osoba przyjmująca delegację wita się jako pierwsza.
      Even in a situation where the guest is much higher in rank than the host, the person receiving the delegation is still greeted as the first.
  2. weight, importance
    Synonym: doniosłość

Declension

Declension of ranga
singular plural
nominative ranga rangi
genitive rangi rang
dative randze rangom
accusative rangę rangi
instrumental rangą rangami
locative randze rangach
vocative rango rangi

Further reading

  • ranga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ranga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

ranga

  1. inflection of rangar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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