rice

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Related terms 1.7 See also 2 Old English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension 2.4 See also 2.5 Adjective 2.6 Descendants

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old French ris < Italian riso < Latin oriza < Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern root, probably Indo-Iranian; cf. Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhí).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹaɪs/
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• Rhymes: -aɪs

[edit] 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.

[edit] Translations

• CJKV Characters: 米; 糲, 粝
• Hausa: àlbárkà kumbe
• Sinhalese: බත් (bat)
• Volapük: risat

[edit] Verb

to 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 belittle a government emissary on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state

[edit] 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

[edit] Related terms

• Menominee
• rijsttafel
• risotto

[edit] 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

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈriːʧe/

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *rikaz (*rīk-, *rīkja-), 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 adj (Swedish rike n, rik adj), Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 n, 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 adj. The IE root is also the source of Latin rex.

[edit] Noun

rīċe n.

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

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] See also

• rīcsian

[edit] Adjective

rīċe

1. powerful, mighty; rich

[edit] Descendants

• English rich