rant

See also: Rant, ranț, ránt, ränt, and /rant

English

Etymology

From Dutch ranten, randen (“to talk nonsense, rave”), from Middle Dutch ranten (“to rant, babble, goof around”), 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

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ɹænt/
• (Standard Southern British, Northern England) IPA^(key): /ɹant/

  • Audio (Standard Southern British):

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• (Scotland, Wales) IPA^(key): /ɾant/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ɹæːnt/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɹɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ænt, -ɑːnt

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.

   Harry was ranting about his boss again, but nobody paid any attention.

3. To criticize by ranting.
4. (dated) To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
5. To dance rant steps.

Derived terms

• outrant
• rant and rave
• ranter

Translations

to speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger

• Albanian: Rëndo, Rano(Gheg)
• Czech: křičet (cs) impf, rozkřikovat se impf
• Dutch: schetteren (nl), uitvaren (nl), declameren (nl)
• Finnish: paasata (fi), pauhata (fi), rähjätä (fi)
• Galician: esbardallar (gl), latricar (gl), botar a lingua a pastar, farfallar (gl)
• German: poltern (de)
• Italian: strepitare (it), farneticare (it)
• Latin: dēbacchor
• Māori: tīhāhā, hakahaka, tupehau
• Russian: негодова́ть (ru) impf (negodovátʹ)
• Sicilian: jastimiari (scn), sdillirijari, straparrari
• Slovak: hejtovať, vylievať si zlosť, vyliať si zlosť
• Spanish: despotricar (es)
• Swedish: gorma (sv)
• Turkish: bağırmak (tr)

to criticise by ranting

• Albanian: Rendon
• Dutch: oreren (nl)
• Finnish: paasata (fi), pauhata (fi), rähjätä (fi)
• French: râler (fr)
• Galician: farfallar (gl), esbardallar (gl), latricar (gl)
• Italian: declamare (it), sciorinare (it)
• Polish: produkować się impf
• Portuguese: desabafar (pt)
• Sicilian: sdillirijari, straparrari
• Slovak: hejtovať
• Spanish: vilipendiar (es), echar pestes (colloquial), despotricar (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} räuskama, ^{(please verify)} käratsema
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} говори́ть напыщенно (govorítʹ napyščenno); ^{(please verify)} деклами́ровать (ru) (deklamírovatʹ)

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

• /end rant
• rantful
• rantsona
• ranty
• semirant

Descendants

• → German: Rant

Translations

criticism

• Czech: tiráda (cs) f
• Dutch: tirade (nl) f
• Finnish: vuodatus (fi), palopuhe (fi), kiihotuspuhe
• German: Rant m
• Italian: declamazione (it) f
• Polish: tyrada (pl) f
• Portuguese: criticismo (pt)
• Russian: тирада (ru) (tirada)
• Serbo-Croatian: deklamacija (sh)
• Slovak: hejtovanie, hejt
• Spanish: invectiva (es) f, diatriba (es) f, filípica (es) f

incoherent and emotional articulation — see also tirade

• Dutch: geraas (nl) n, holle frasen
• Finnish: paatos (fi), rähinä (fi), kiihko (fi)
• German: Geschrei (de) n, Wutanfall (de) m, Poltern (de) n
• Italian: farneticamento
• Māori: tupehau, tīhāhā
• Polish: żołądkowanie się n, pieklenie się n, tyrada (pl) f
• Russian: гневная тирада
• Serbo-Croatian: deklamacija (sh)
• Slovak: výlev
• Spanish: despotrique (es) m (colloquial)

See also

• screed

See also

• ramble
• rave

Further reading

• “rant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “rant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rana, ranet (of rane)

Verb

rant

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rand. Doublet of rand.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈrant/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈrant]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: rant
• Homophone: rand

Noun

rant m inan (related adjective rantowy)

1. edge (especially coin edge)

   Synonyms: brzeg, krawędź

Declension

Declension of rant

	singular	plural
nominative	rant	ranty
genitive	rantu	rantów
dative	rantowi	rantom
accusative	rant	ranty
instrumental	rantem	rantami
locative	rancie	rantach
vocative	rancie	ranty

Further reading

• “rant”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “rant”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Antoni Waga (1860), “rant”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 757

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɑnt/

Noun

rant (definite accusative rantı, plural rantlar)

1. (economics, often derogatory) unearned income

Declension

Declension of rant

singular plural nominative rant rantlar definite accusative rantı rantları dative ranta rantlara locative rantta rantlarda ablative ranttan rantlardan genitive rantın rantların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular rantım rantlarım 2nd singular rantın rantların 3rd singular rantı rantları 1st plural rantımız rantlarımız 2nd plural rantınız rantlarınız 3rd plural rantları rantları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular rantımı rantlarımı 2nd singular rantını rantlarını 3rd singular rantını rantlarını 1st plural rantımızı rantlarımızı 2nd plural rantınızı rantlarınızı 3rd plural rantlarını rantlarını dative singular plural 1st singular rantıma rantlarıma 2nd singular rantına rantlarına 3rd singular rantına rantlarına 1st plural rantımıza rantlarımıza 2nd plural rantınıza rantlarınıza 3rd plural rantlarına rantlarına locative singular plural 1st singular rantımda rantlarımda 2nd singular rantında rantlarında 3rd singular rantında rantlarında 1st plural rantımızda rantlarımızda 2nd plural rantınızda rantlarınızda 3rd plural rantlarında rantlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular rantımdan rantlarımdan 2nd singular rantından rantlarından 3rd singular rantından rantlarından 1st plural rantımızdan rantlarımızdan 2nd plural rantınızdan rantlarınızdan 3rd plural rantlarından rantlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular rantımın rantlarımın 2nd singular rantının rantlarının 3rd singular rantının rantlarının 1st plural rantımızın rantlarımızın 2nd plural rantınızın rantlarınızın 3rd plural rantlarının rantlarının