different between rancho vs ranch

English

Etymology

Spanish, properly, a mess, mess room. Compare ranch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????nt?o?/

Noun

rancho (plural ranchos or ranchoes)

1. (US, regional) A simple hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers may lodge at night.
2. (US, regional) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Anchor, Charon, achorn, anchor, archon, noarch

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish rancho, deverbal of rancharse (“to get ready, to settle in a place”); 16th century military terminology from French se ranger (“to arrange onself”), from rang (“row, line”), from Frankish *hring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ran.t??o/
• Rhymes: -ant?o
• Hyphenation: ràn?cho

Noun

rancho m (plural ranchos)

1. settlement
2. ranch (small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock)

Related terms

• rancio

References

• rancho in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ran.t???/

Noun

rancho n

1. Alternative spelling of ranczo.

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• rancho in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rancho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French se ranger (“to be quartered, take up a position”).

Noun

rancho m (plural ranchos)

1. hut; rancho (primitive house)

   Synonym: casebre

2. mess (food set for a group of people); especially in jail
3. a group of people doing something together
4. ranch (large plot for livestock); especially one in the western United States
5. (carnaval) a representation of the pastoral lifestyle

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal of rancharse (“to get ready, to settle in a place”); 16th century military terminology from French se ranger (“to arrange onself”), from rang (“row, line”), from Frankish *hring.

Noun

rancho m (plural ranchos)

1. ranch
2. shed, barn
3. grotty grub
4. (nautical) crew's quarters

Derived terms

• ranchera
• ranchería
• rancherío
• ranchero

Descendants

• ? Catalan: ranxo
• ? English: ranch
  • ? German: Ranch

Further reading

• “rancho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ænt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???nt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?, -ænt?

Noun

ranch (plural ranches)

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

Derived terms

• ranch dressing
• rancher
• ranchhand
• ranchslider, ranch slider

Translations

Verb

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

1. To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.

   Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.

2. To work on a ranch

   Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.

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

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.