English

Pronunciation

• rĭng, /rɪŋ/, /rIN

  Homophones: wring

  Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

to ring (rings, rang, rung, ringing)

1. (intransitive) to produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound

   Who's mobile phone is ringing?

2. (transitive) to make a (church) bell produce sound

   Let's ring the doorbell and then run away.

3. (intransitive) to produce a nice sound; to sound right

   That does not ring true.

Translations

• Breton: seniñ
• Catalan: dringar (1) trucar (only door-bell), fer sonar (2)
• Dutch: bellen (1), luiden (2), weergalmen
• Esperanto: sonori
• Finnish: soittaa
• French: sonner
• Indonesian: bel berbunyi , membunyikan bel
• Japanese: 鳴らす (ならす , narasu), 鳴る (なる , naru)
• Polish: dzwonić (1), uderzać (w dzwon) (2)
• Romanian: suna (1) bate (2)
• Swedish: ringa

Noun

ring (rings )

1. Round piece of (precious ) metal worn around the finger.
2. Round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
3. A place where some sports take place. Boxing ring.
4. A group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices. Crime ring.
5. (mathematics) An algebraic structure which is a group under addtion and a monoid under multiplication.
6. (Geom.) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentrical circles.
7. an old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.

   Quotations

   • 1866: The ring is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e. is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.

8. a pleasant or correct sound

   The name has a nice ring to it.

Translations

• Breton: gwalenn f, bizoù m (1), ring (3)
• Catalan: anell m
• Dutch: ring m
• Esperanto: ringo
• Finnish: sormus (1), rengas (2), kehä (3), rinki (4)
• French: anneau m, bague f
• Indonesian: cincin
• Irish: fáinne
• Japanese: 指輪 (ゆびわ , yubiwa), リング (ringu)
• Polish: pierścionek m (1 with stone), obrączka f (1 without stone, 2), ring m (3), klika f (4), pierścień m (5,6)
• Romanian: inel n
• Slovene: prstan m (1), obroček m (2), ring m (3), kolobar m (6)
• Swedish: ring (1,2,3,5,6)

Derived terms

• ringtone

Dutch

Noun

ring m

Translations

• English: ring

Balinese

ring

1. in, at