different between waltz vs rango

English

Etymology

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: wôlts, IPA^(key): /w??lts/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: w?lts, IPA^(key): /w?lts/
• (cot–caught merger, father-bother merger) enPR: wälts, IPA^(key): /w?lts/

Noun

waltz (plural waltzes)

1. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
2. A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
3. (informal) A simple task.

Derived terms

• cross-step waltz
• English waltz
• French waltz
• international standard waltz
• slow waltz
• Viennese waltz

Translations

Verb

waltz (third-person singular simple present waltzes, present participle waltzing, simple past and past participle waltzed)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To dance the waltz (with).

2. (intransitive, transitive, usually with in, into, around, etc.) To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.
3. (informal) To accomplish a task with little effort.

4. (transitive) To move with fanfare.
   • 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter the Last:

     And he said, what he had planned in his head from the start, if we got Jim out all safe, was for us to […] take him back up home on a steamboat, in style, and pay him for his lost time, and write word ahead and get out all the niggers around, and have them waltz him into town with a torchlight procession and a brass-band, and then he would be a hero, and so would we.

Translations

Related terms

• waltzer
• waltz Matilda

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?valt?s]

Noun

waltz m

1. waltz (dance)

Related terms

• val?ík

Further reading

• waltz in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• waltz in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Noun

rango (plural rangos or rangoes)

1. Alternative form of arango

Anagrams

• Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Ongar, Ragon, Rogan, Ronga, angor, argon, groan, nagor, orang, organ, rag on

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

rango (accusative singular rangon, plural rangoj, accusative plural rangojn)

1. rank (grade)

Related terms

• anta?rangi (“to outrank”)

Italian

Etymology

From French rang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ran.?o/
• Rhymes: -an?o

Noun

rango m (plural ranghi)

1. rank (grade)
2. station (social standing)
3. degree or class

Anagrams

• argon, grano, ragno, rogna

Japanese

Romanization

rango

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *la?o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.?o/

Noun

rango

1. fly (insect)
2. blowfly

Synonyms

• ngaro (Western dialects)

References

• “rango” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.?u/, /?r??.?u/
• Hyphenation: ran?go
• Rhymes: -???u

Noun

rango m (plural rangos)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) meal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rang (“row”), from Frankish *hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, curve”), cognate with English ring.

Noun

rango m (plural rangos)

1. rank
2. status, prestige

Anagrams

• argón, grano

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *d????, from Proto-Austronesian *d????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?o/

Verb

rango

1. to hear

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.