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rance^¹

/ɹæns/
/ɹɑːns/

Rhymes with -æns, -ɑːns

Where it comes from

From Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus.

noun rances

countable, uncountable A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
Scotland, countable, uncountable A prop or shore.
countable, uncountable A round or spreader between the legs of a chair.

verb rances · rancing · ranced

Scotland, transitive To prop or shore up.

Rance^²

proper noun Rances

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A river in Brittany, France, which flows into the English Channel.

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Chicago

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@misc{rance_2026,
  title = {rance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}