ringue

See also: ringué

Middle English

Verb

ringue

1. (Oxfordshire) alternative form of ryngen (“to resound”)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ring (unadapted form)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰos

Proto-Germanic *hringaz

Proto-West Germanic *hring

Old English hring

Middle English ryng

English ringbor.

Portuguese ringue

Borrowed from English ring.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁĩ.ɡi/ [ˈhĩ.ɡi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁĩ.ɡi/ [ˈhĩ.ɡi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁĩ.ɡi/ [ˈχĩ.ɡi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁĩ.ɡɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ĩɡi, (Portugal) -ĩɡɨ
• Hyphenation: rin‧gue

Noun

ringue m (plural ringues)

1. ring (place where some sports take place)

Further reading

• “ringue”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ringue”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “ringue”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ringue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “ringue”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

ringue

1. inflection of ringar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative