different between rancho vs ranchy

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.

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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

ranch +? -y

Adjective

ranchy (comparative more ranchy, superlative most ranchy)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a ranch.
   • 1958, National Music Council (U.S.), Bulletin (volumes 19-21, page 19)

     He composes for anything from a ranchy guitar, played by a rock-and-roller, to a full symphony.

   • 2002, David W. Toll, The Complete Nevada Traveler (page 206)

     Bob Taylor's Ranch House at 6250 Rio Vista Street is out of town to the north just off the Tonopah Highway, a dreamy place with a ranchy motif from the bygone days of the dude ranch and the Hollywood western, and a menu to match […]

Anagrams

• Hyrcan