ramp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹæmp/

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• Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1

From French rampe, back-formation of Old French ramper, from Frankish *rampon (“to contract oneself”), akin to Old High German rimpfan (German rümpfen (“to wrinkle up”)). Compare Danish rimpe (“to fold" (archaic), "to baste”), Icelandic rimpa.

Noun

ramp (plural ramps)

1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
2. (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an airliner at an airport.
3. (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.

Translations

inclined surface

Dutch: helling (nl) f. Finnish: luiska (fi), ajoluiska (fi), ramppi (fi) French: rampe (fr) f. German: Rampe (de) f.

Greek: ράμπα (el) (rába) f. Portuguese: rampa (pt) f. Russian: съезд (ru) m., склон (ru) m., пандус (ru) (pándus) m. Spanish: rampa (es) f.

aviation: mobile staircase

Finnish: liikuteltavat (fi) pl. portaat (fi) pl. French: passerelle (fr) f.

Russian: трап (ru) (trap) m.

skating: construction to do skating tricks

Dutch: ramp (nl) m. and f.

Finnish: ramppi (fi)

Verb

ramp (third-person singular simple present ramps, present participle ramping, simple past and past participle ramped)

1. To behave violently; to rage.
2. To stand in a rampant position.

Translations

behave violently; rage

Finnish: riehua (fi)

stand in a rampant position

French: ramper (fr)

Related terms

• rampage
• rampant

Etymology 2

See ramson

Noun

ramp (plural ramps)

1. An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek.
   • 2006, Su Clauson-Wicker, Off the Beaten Path West Virginia, volume 6‎:

     A ramp is a potently flavored wild scallion, a vegetable with staying power.

2. (Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.

Synonyms

• (Allium triococcum): ramps, rams, ramson, ramsons

Translations

American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion

Spanish: puerro salvaje m.

See also

• buckram

Anagrams

• MRAP, parm, pram

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ramp (“misfortune”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɑmp/
• Rhymes: -ɑmp

Noun

ramp m. (plural rampen, diminutive rampje)

1. disaster

Derived terms

• kernramp
• olieramp
• rampspoed

See also

• ongeluk

Etymology 2

From English ramp.

Noun

ramp m. (plural ramps, diminutive rampje)

1. (skating) A construction to do skating tricks, usually in the form of one half of a pipe, a half-pipe.