rice

See also RICE

English

Wikipedia

Unpolished rice (2)

Etymology

Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óryza), ὄρυζον (óryzon), from Old Iranian (cf. Old Persian brizi, Pashto wrižē, Kurdish birinc (ku)), from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhí), either borrowed from Dravidian – compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”); Old Tamil அரிசி (arici), from earlier *ariki, is a different word, however – or, according to Witzel, borrowed from an unknown South Asian, possibly Austroasiatic, source, with the Dravidian word being an independent borrowing of another variant.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹaɪs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

rice (uncountable)

1. Cereal plants (Oryza sativa) of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
2. The seeds of this plant used as food.

Translations

plants

Afrikaans: rys (af) Albanian: oriz m. Arabic: أرز (ar) (’aruzz) m., رز (ar) (ruzz) m. Armenian: բրինձ (hy) (brindz) Bashkir: дөгө (dögö) Basque: arroz, irris Bengali: ভাত (bn) Bosnian: riža (bs) f., pirinač (bs) m. Burmese: ထမင်း (my) (htămin:) Catalan: arròs (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 稻 (cmn) (dào) Croatian: ríža (hr) f. Danish: ris (da) Dutch: rijst (nl) m. Estonian: riis (et) Finnish: riisi (fi), riisikasvi (fi) French: riz (fr) m. Georgian: ბრინჯი (ka) (brindži) German: Reis (de) m. Greek: όρυζα (oríza) f. Hebrew: אורז (órez) m. Hindi: चावल (hi) (cāval) m. Hungarian: rizs (hu) Indonesian: padi (id) Italian: riso (it) m. Japanese: 稲 (ja) (いね, ine) Javanese: pari (jv) Khmer: ស្រូវ (srou) Korean: 벼 (byeo) Lao: ເຂົ້າ (lo) (khao) Macedonian: ориз (mk) (óriz) m. Malay: padi (ms) Malayalam: നെല്ല് (nellu) Maltese: ross (mt) m. Marathi: भात (bhāt) Mongolian: тутрага (tutraga)

Navajo: alóós Nepali: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: ris (no) m. Oriya: please add this translation if you can Persian: برنج (fa) Polish: ryż (pl) m. Portuguese: arroz (pt) m. Punjabi: ਚਾਵਲ (ćāval), ਚੌਲ (ćaul) Rohingya: soil Romanian: orez (ro) Russian: рис (ru) (ris) m. Sanskrit: ताणडुल Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: рижа f., пиринач m. Roman: riža f., pirinač m. Shan: ၶဝ်ႈ (khaw3) Slovene: riž (sl) m. Sotho: raese (st) Spanish: arroz (es) m. Swahili: mchele (sw) Swedish: ris (sv) n. Tagalog: palay (tl) Tajik: биринҷ (tg) (birinj) Tamil: நெல் (ta) (nel) Telugu: వరి (te) (vari) Tetum: hare Thai: ข้าว (khâao) Tibetan: འབྲས་ ('bras; drä) Turkish: pirinç (tr) Turkmen: bürünç (tk), tüwi (tk) Uab Meto: ane Urdu: چاول (ur) (cāval) m. Vietnamese: lúa (vi) Volapük: risat (vo), risataplan (vo) West Frisian: rys Yiddish: רײַז (rayz) m. and f.

seeds used as food

Afrikaans: rys (af), rys (af) Arabic: أرز (ar) (’arz, ’áruzz) m., رز (ar) (ruzz) m. Armenian: բրինձ (hy) (brindz) Azeri: düyü (az) Basque: arroz Belarusian: рыс (be) (rys) m. Bengali: ভাত (bn) (bhat) Bosnian: riža (bs) f., pirinač (bs) m. Bulgarian: ориз (bg) (oriz) m. Burmese: ထမင်း (my) (htămin:) Catalan: arròs m. Chinese: Mandarin: (raw seed) 米 (cmn) (mǐ), (cooked) 飯 (cmn), 饭 (cmn) (fàn), (cooked) 米飯 (cmn), 米饭 (cmn) (mǐfàn) Croatian: ríža (hr) f. Czech: rýže (cs) f. Danish: ris (da) c. Dutch: rijst (nl) m. Esperanto: rizo (eo) Estonian: riis (et) Finnish: riisi (fi) French: riz (fr) m. Georgian: ბრინჯი (ka) (brindži) German: Reis (de) m. Greek: ρύζι (rízi) n. Hebrew: אורז (órez) m. Hindi: चावल (hi) (cāval) m. Hungarian: rizs (hu) Icelandic: hrísgrjón (is) n. pl. Indonesian: beras (raw seed), nasi (cooked) Interlingua: ris Irish: rís (ga) f. Italian: riso (it) m. Japanese: (raw seed) 米 (ja) (こめ, kome), (cooked) ご飯 (ja) (ごはん, gohan), 飯 (ja) (めし, meshi) (informal) Javanese: beras (jv), uwos (jv) (raw seed), sego (jv), sekul (jv) (cooked) Khmer: ស្រូវ (srou), បាយ (bai) Korean: 쌀 (ssal); 밥 (bap) (cooked) Kuna: oros Kurdish: برنج (ku)

Lao: ເຂົ້າ (lo) (khao) Luxembourgish: Räis (lb) m. Macedonian: ориз (mk) (óriz) m. Malay: beras (ms) (raw seed), nasi (ms) (cooked) Malayalam: അരി (ari) (uncooked), ചോറ് (chOru) (cooked) Marathi: तांदुळ (tā.ndull), भात (bhāt) (cooked) Mon: ပုၚ် (peng) Navajo: alóós Norwegian: ris (no) m. Ojibwe: waabanoomin, manoomin Persian: برنج (birinj) Polish: ryż (pl) m. Portuguese: arroz (pt) m. Punjabi: ਚਾਵਲ (ćāval), ਚੌਲ (ćaul) Russian: рис (ru) (ris) m. Scottish Gaelic: rus m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: рижа (sh) f., пиринач (sh) m. Roman: riža f., pirinač m. Shan: ၶဝ်ႈ (khaw3) Slovene: riž (sl) m. Sotho: raese (st) Spanish: arroz (es) m. Swahili: mchele (sw) Swedish: ris (sv) n. Tagalog: bigas (tl) (raw seed), kanin (tl) (cooked) Tamil: அரிசி (ta) (arici) (uncooked), சோறு (cOru) Telugu: వడ్లు (te) (vaDlu), బియ్యం (te) Tetum: foos (picked), etu (cooked) Thai: ข้าว (khâao) Turkish: pirinç (tr) Uab Meto: ane Ukrainian: рис (uk) (rys) m., риж (uk) (ryž) m. Urdu: چاول (ur) (cāval) m. Vietnamese: gạo; cơm (cooked) Volapük: risat (vo) Welsh: reis (cy) m. West Frisian: rys Yiddish: רײַז (rayz) m. and f.

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• Hausa: àlbárkà kumbe
• Sinhalese: බත් (bat)
• Volapük: risat

Verb

rice (third-person singular simple present rices, present participle ricing, simple past and past participle riced)

1. to squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces
2. to throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
3. to belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state
4. to harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.

Derived terms

arborio rice brown rice golden rice Indian rice jollof rice mealie rice Patna rice brewer's rice broken rice

rice bowl rice grass rice leafhopper rice paper rice pudding rice rat rice weevil

ricebird rice-paper plant ricer Spanish rice sticky rice white rice wild rice

Related terms

• Menominee
• rijsttafel
• risotto

See also

basmati bhelpuri California roll dosa gumbo idli idli

jambalaya khir mirin mochi nasi goreng onigiri pad thai

paella pilaf, pilau rangoli risotto sake samshu sushi

Anagrams

• eric, Eric

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Anglo-Norman

Adjective

rice m. and f.

1. Alternative form of riche.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈriːtʃe/

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“mighty”), *rīkijan (“authority”), from Proto-Celtic *rīgiom (“kingdom”), from *rīgs (“king”) (compare Irish rí), from Proto-Indo-European *rēgs (“king”). Cognates include Old Saxon rīki (Dutch rijk), Old High German rīhhi (German Reich, reich), Old Norse ríki n, ríkr a (Swedish rike n, rik a), Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 n, 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 a. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin rex.

Noun

rīċe n.

1. power, authority, dominion
2. kingdom, empire

Declension

    Declension of rice (strong ja-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	rīċe	rīcu
accusative	rīċe	rīcu
genitive	rīċes	rīca
dative	rīċe	rīcum

See also

• rīcsian

Adjective

rīċe

1. powerful, mighty; rich

Descendants

• Middle English: rike
  • English: rich

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Old French

Adjective

rice m. and f.

1. (Picardy) Alternative form of riche.

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Spanish

Verb

rice (infinitive rizar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rizar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rizar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rizar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of rizar.