"rancour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rancor.wav [Southern-England] 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”), {{m|la|*ranceō||be rotten or putrid, stink}} *ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), {{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: 25 58 17
  3. (rare) A belief that one is engaging in wrongdoing. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-rancour-enm-noun-H8iukvlW Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 14 29 57 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 27 58
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

Inflected forms

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