Meaning

7 senses
  1. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.

    Sprosse, Leitersprosse

    ступе́нькаstupénʹka, ступе́ньstupénʹ

  2. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.

    Querstab

    перекла́динаperekládina

    a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

  3. (figuratively)A position in a hierarchy.

    the lowest rung of the society

  4. (dated)A floor timber in a ship.

  5. (dated)One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

  6. (dated)One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.

  7. (dated)One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Examples

68 sentences
  1. Have you already rung the doorbell?

    ruТы уже позвонил в звонок?

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  2. This ladder is missing three rungs.

    ruНа этой лестнице не хватает трёх перекладин.

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  3. Two rungs on the ladder are missing.

    ruУ лестницы не хватает двух ступенек.

    deDer Leiter fehlen zwei Sprossen.

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  4. Were you the one who rung the bell?

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  5. He came five minutes after the bell had rung.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
ladder step:
crosspiece between chair legs:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
ladder step:
crosspiece between chair legs:

Origin

From Middle English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from P

From Middle English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō. Cognate with Dutch rong (“pole, stanchion”), German Runge (“stake, pole, stanchion”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰 (hrugga, “a staff”).

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Forms

plural: rungs
Singularrung
Pluralrungs

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a crosspiece between the legs of a chair:roundstave
  • one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder:rundlespoke

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rung — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto