rive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Inflection 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Verb 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.4 Anagrams 4 Haitian Creole 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Verb 5 Italian 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse rífa. Compare Swedish rifva, Danish rive.

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• (UK, US) IPA: /ɹaɪv/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aɪv

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to rive (third-person singular simple present rives, present participle riving, simple past rived or rove, past participle rived or riven)

1. (transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:

     he wente vnto her for to haue taken the swerd oute of her hand but [...] sodenly she sette the pomell to the ground, and rofe her self thorow the body.

3. (reflexive) To be split or rent asunder.

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• (to rend asunder): cleave, rend, split

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• river
• rip
• rib

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rive (plural rives)

1. A place torn; a rent; a rift.

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• (a place torn): rent, rift

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrífa.

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• IPA: /riːvə/, [ˈʁiːwə]

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rive c. (singular definite riven, plural indefinite river)

1. rake

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse rífa.

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• IPA: /riːvə/, [ˈʁiːwə]

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rive (imperative riv, infinitive at rive, present tense river, past tense rev, past participle har revet)

1. rake
2. grate
3. scratch, tear, rip

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[edit] French

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Latin ripa

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• IPA: /ʁiv/, SAMPA: /Riv/

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rive f (Plural: rives)

1. bank (of a river)

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• Alphagram: eirv
• ivre
• vire, viré

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[edit] Haitian Creole

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From French arriver (“‘happen’”)

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rive

1. happen

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[edit] Italian

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rive f.

1. Plural form of riva.