different between rong vs prong

English

Adjective

rong

1. Misspelling of wrong.

Noun

rong

1. Misspelling of wrong.

Verb

rong

1. Misspelling of wrong.

Chuukese

Verb

rong

1. to hear

Dimasa

Etymology

From Assamese ?? (ro?).

Noun

rong

1. color

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoetic. Compare Livonian ra?g.

Noun

rong (genitive rongi, partitive rongi)

1. train

Declension

Garo

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Sanskrit ???? (ra?ga, “color”)

Noun

rong

1. color

Mandarin

Romanization

rong

1. Nonstandard spelling of r?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of róng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of r?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ròng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• ????????????? (rong) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

rong (Hanifi spelling ????????????)

1. color

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [zaw??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [?aw??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [?aw??m??]

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cây) rong • (?)

1. seaweedlike algae
2. seaweed

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

rong

1. wandering

Derived terms

Related terms

• rông

English

Etymology

From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”), akin to Lithuanian springstù (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek ????????? (sparganó?, “to swaddle”), ????????? (spárganon, “swaddling cloth”). See also prank, prance, prink.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

prong (plural prongs)

1. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.

   a pitchfork with four prongs

2. A branch; a fork.

   the two prongs of a river

3. (colloquial) The penis.
   • 2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit.

     Hang on... That looks like... No, it can't be. Is that my wang!? Micky Paintbrush, have you painted my papal prong on that nudy man!?

Derived terms

• pronghorn

Translations

See also

• tine
• tooth

Verb

prong (third-person singular simple present prongs, present participle pronging, simple past and past participle pronged)

1. To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.

Translations