rance

Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus.

rance (countable and uncountable, plural rances)

1. A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
2. (Scotland) A prop or shore.
3. A round or spreader between the legs of a chair.

• Caren, Cerna, Crane, caner, caren, crane, crena, nacre, nacré, recan

Old (14th century), borrowed from Latin rancidus.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃s/

rance (plural rances)

1. rancid

• “rance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• ancre, ancré, cerna, crâne, écran, encra, nacre