"rancour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rancor.wav Forms: rancours [plural]
Etymology: First attested as Middle English rancour in the early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rancour}} Middle English rancour, {{der|en|fro|rancor}} Old French rancor, {{uder|en|la|rancor||rancidity, grudge, rancor}} Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), {{cog|en|rancid}} English rancid Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rancour (countable and uncountable, plural rancours)
  1. British, Canada, and Australia spelling of rancor Tags: countable, uncountable

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ranˈkuːr/, /ˈrankur/, /ˈrankər/ [Late-Middle-English]
Etymology: From Old French rancor, from Latin rancor. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|rancor}} Old French rancor, {{der|enm|la|rancor}} Latin rancor Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} rancour
  1. Jealousy, ire, towards someone; rancour (also as a metaphorical figure)
    Sense id: en-rancour-enm-noun-gfzPni17
  2. (rare) Rancidity; something which smells vile. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Smell
    Sense id: en-rancour-enm-noun-sFfr8QbA Disambiguation of Smell: 19 67 14 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 79 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 87 5
  3. (rare) A belief that one is engaging in wrongdoing. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-rancour-enm-noun-H8iukvlW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rankor, rauncour, rancor, rankowre, rancur, rankour

Noun [Old French]

Forms: rancour oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], rancours [oblique, plural], rancour [nominative, singular], rancours [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} rancour oblique singular, f (oblique plural rancours, nominative singular rancour, nominative plural rancours)
  1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of rancur Tags: Anglo-Norman, alt-of Alternative form of: rancur
    Sense id: en-rancour-fro-noun-D2RXdcZi Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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