ring

A2 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˈɹɪŋɡ/ UK /ɹɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #820

Meanings

1

noun
A circular band of metal or other material worn on the finger.

She wore a gold ring on her left hand.
2

noun
The clear sound made by a bell or telephone.

I heard the ring of the church bell across the valley.
3

noun
A group of people or objects arranged in a circle.

The children sat in a ring around the storyteller.
4

noun
A particular quality that something seems to have.

Her excuse had the ring of truth to it.

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1 noun · a circular band of metal or... band

2 noun · the clear sound made by a... ringing

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Forms rangringedringingringsrung

Derived forms armringblogringchainringcoringd-ringdope-ringearringenringenringedeyeringfive-ringfour-ring

Etymology

From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range. Cognates * West Frisian ring * Low German Ring * Dutch ring * German Ring * Swedish ring * Finnish rengas More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)).

ryng Middle English hring Old English *hring frk *hringaz Proto-Germanic *(s)krengʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# ring

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɪŋɡ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 820

## Meanings
1. A circular band of metal or other material worn on the finger.
2. The clear sound made by a bell or telephone.
3. A group of people or objects arranged in a circle.
4. A particular quality that something seems to have.

## Examples
- She wore a gold ring on her left hand.
- I heard the ring of the church bell across the valley.
- The children sat in a ring around the storyteller.
- Her excuse had the ring of truth to it.

## Derived Forms
- armring
- blogring
- chainring
- coring
- d-ring
- dope-ring
- earring
- enring
- enringed
- eyering
- five-ring
- four-ring

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ryng
- Root: hring
- Root: *hring
- Root: *hringaz
- Root: *(s)krengʰ-

## Etymology
From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range. Cognates * West Frisian ring * Low German Ring * Dutch ring * German Ring * Swedish ring * Finnish rengas More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)).

## AI Etymology
Ring comes from Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range. Cognate material includes * West Frisian ring * Low German Ring * Dutch ring * German Ring * Swedish ring * Finnish rengas More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)). Modern senses include a circular band of metal or other material worn on the finger. and the clear sound made by a bell or telephone.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as armring, blogring, chainring, coring, d-ring, and dope-ring.

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- Materials & Substances

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