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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坡道 (cmn) (pōdào)

• Dutch: helling (nl) f
• Estonian: pandus (et), kaldtee (et)
• Finnish: luiska (fi), ajoluiska (fi), ramppi (fi)
• French: rampe (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Rampe (de) f, Auffahrt (de) f
• Greek: ράμπα (el) (rába) f
• Japanese: ランプ (ja) (ranpu)
• Jèrriais: rampe f
• Portuguese: rampa (pt) f
• Russian: съезд (ru) (sʺjezd) m, склон (ru) (sklon) m, пандус (ru) (pándus) m
• Spanish: rampa (es) f

aviation: mobile staircase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舷梯 (cmn) (xiántī)

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

• German: Gangway (de) f, Rampe (de) f
• Japanese: タラッブ (ja) (tarappu)
• 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.
3. (intransitive) To change value, often at a steady rate
   • 2007, Sean Meyn, Control Techniques for Complex Networks (page 285)

     If Q(t) < q^p then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.

   • 2011, Sheng Liu, Yong Liu, Modeling and Simulation for Microelectronic Packaging Assembly

     The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.

Translations

behave violently; rage

• Finnish: riehua (fi)
• Russian: неистовствовать (ru) (neístovstvovatʹ), бушевать (ru) (buševátʹ)

stand in a rampant position

• French: ramper (fr)
• Russian: стоять на задних лапах (ru) (stojátʹ na zádnix lápax) (of animals, to stand on hind paws)

Derived terms

• ramp up

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.