RIP

English

Wikipedia

R.i.p. on a gravestone.

A death threat, featuring a mocked up epitaph reading R.I.P.

Initialism

RIP or R.I.P.

1. Latin: requiescat in pace, 'may he rest in peace'
2. Rest in peace, the identically abbreviated English translation

   When he died he received hundreds of letters signed with RIP at the end.

3. Routing Information Protocol (RIP), a dynamic routing protocol used in local and wide area networks

Usage notes

• Pronounced letter by letter, not as rip.
• Typically found as epitaph on tombstones.
• Also used as an epithet, when referring to a deceased person, as in “This university was founded by Thomas Jefferson, RIP.”
• Can be used as an imperative verb: "She died in a car accident last week. RIP, Christy M."
• The phrase is never used in reference to sleep / a night’s rest; it refers the speaker’s wish that a deceased person is at peace. It is often used in memorials to deceased persons and found on tombstones.
• The stereotypical representation of a grave (e.g. in Halloween decorations, cartoons, etc) is a tuft of land with an upright tombstone with RIP engraved on it.

Related terms

• RHIP
• PBUH

Translations

rest in peace

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亡者安息 (cmn)

• Danish: hvil i fred (not abbreviated)
• Dutch: rust (nl) in (nl) vrede (nl), R.I.P. (nl)
• Esperanto: RP (eo)
• French: REP (fr)

• German: RIF (de)
• Hebrew: ע״ה (he) (a-ha)
• Italian: RIP (it)
• Spanish: DEP (es), QEPD (es)
• Turkish: huzur içinde yatsın (tr), mekanı cennet olsun (tr)

Anagrams

• PRI

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Italian

Abbreviation

RIP (also: R.I.P.)

1. Riposi in pace: rest in peace.

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Latin

Initialism

RIP

1. Requiescat in pace: may he/she rest in peace.
2. Requiescant in pace: may they rest in peace.