ranz
French, noun/ʁɑ̃/
ranz is spelled R-A-N-Z (4 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ranz is a French masculine noun meaning “only used in ranz des vaches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Air populaire des pâtres suisses”.
What does ranz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineonly used in ranz des vaches
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Air populaire des pâtres suisses.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ranz?
- /ʁɑ̃/
- /ʁɑ̃s/
- \ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ranz in French?
ranz appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).