rann
/ɹæn/
rann noun: a stanza of Irish poetry.
Noun
rann (plural ranns)
- A stanza of Irish poetry.
- Our greatest living phonetic expert (wild horses shall not drag it from us!) has left no stone unturned in his efforts to delucidate and compare the verse recited and has found it bears a striking resemblance (the italics are ours) to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
Proper noun capitalized: Rann
Rann (plural Ranns)
- A surname from German.
Forms of rann
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ranns |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ranns |
Origin of rann
Borrowed from Old Irish rann.
Borrowed from Southern German Rann.
Phrases with rann
Words that rhyme with rann
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- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- mann
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- Qishan
- ran
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- scran
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
Questions about rann
- What does rann mean?
- Rann means a stanza of Irish poetry.
- What part of speech is rann?
- Rann can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rann?
- Rann is pronounced /ɹæn/.
- What is the plural of rann?
- The plural of rann is ranns.
Words near rann in the dictionary
Source and license
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