different between rant vs harangue

English

Etymology

From Dutch ranten, randen (“to talk nonsense, rave”), of uncertain origin; but apparently related to Middle High German ranzen (“to dance, jump around, frolic”), German ranzen (“to be ardent, be in heat, copulate, mate, ramble, join up”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Verb

rant (third-person singular simple present rants, present participle ranting, simple past and past participle ranted)

1. To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
2. To disseminate one's own opinions in a - typically - one-sided, strong manner.
3. To criticize by ranting.
4. (dated) To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
5. To dance rant steps.

Translations

Noun

rant (plural rants)

1. A criticism done by ranting.
2. A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
3. A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.

Derived terms

• rantful

Translations

See also

• ramble
• rave

Further reading

• rant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Tarn, Tran, ar'n't, arn't, tRNA, tarn, tran, trna

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of rane) rana, ranet

Verb

rant

1. simple past of renne
2. past participle of rane

Polish

Etymology

From German Rand, from Middle High German rant, from Old High German rant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rant/

Noun

rant m inan

1. edge (especially coin edge)

   Synonyms: brzeg, kraw?d?

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) rantowy

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *???????????????????????? (*hriggs), akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h???æ?/
• (US)
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /h???e??/
• Rhymes: -æ?
• Hyphenation: ha?rangue

Noun

harangue (plural harangues)

1. An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
2. A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.

   Synonyms: admonition, condemnation, criticism, diatribe, polemic, rant, screed, tirade; see also Thesaurus:diatribe

Translations

Verb

harangue (third-person singular simple present harangues, present participle haranguing, simple past and past participle harangued)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.

   Synonyms: admonish, berate, lecture, speech

   • 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song

     He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow.

Related terms

• haranguer

Translations

References

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.????/
• Homophones: haranguent, harangues

Etymology 1

From Middle French harangue (“a public address, public discourse”), from Old Italian aringo (“arena, public square, platform”), from Frankish *hring (“circle, ring”) or Gothic ???????????????????????? (hriggs, “ring, circle”), both from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“circle, ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreng?- (“to turn, bend”), from *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Old High German hring (“circle, ring”), Old English hring (“circle, ring”). Alternative etymology suggests the possibility that the Italian word may be derived from a Frankish compound *hari-hring (“circular gathering”, literally “host-ring or army-ring”). More at here, ring.

Noun

harangue f (plural harangues)

1. harangue

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

harangue

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of haranguer
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of haranguer
3. second-person singular imperative of haranguer

Further reading

• “harangue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).