ri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ri"

English

Etymology

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from Mandarin Chinese 里 (lǐ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ri (plural ris or li)

1. (Units of measure) Synonym of li as a Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

Anagrams

• IR, Ir., ir-

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *rija, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥wo-, zero-grade of *h₁orwo- (compare Old English earu (“quick”), Tocharian B ārwer (“ready”), Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (a^uruua, “quick, brave”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾi]

Adjective

i ri (feminine e re, masculine plural të rinj, feminine plural të reja)

1. young
2. new

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin reus. Compare Italian rio, Romanian rău.

Adjective

ri (feminine raja)

1. bad

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riː/, [ʁiːˀ]

Verb

ri (imperative ri, present rir or rier, past riede, past participle riet)

1. baste, tack (to sew with wide stitches to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)

Derived terms

• rining

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): [ri]
• Hyphenation: ri

Pronoun

ri (accusative rin, possessive ria)

1. (proscribed) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.
   • 1997, Liland Brajant ROS', “Pri Sennaciistaj postulatoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Kial gravas, kiu ri estas?

     Why is it important, who they are?

   • 2006, “Maldormemo mia”, in Eksenlime, performed by La Perdita Generacio:

     Najbaro laboranta en la sama laborejo / En la bela domo ri ne pentras plu

     A neighbor working in the same workplace / In the beautiful house they don't paint anymore

   • 2014, Roland Bonkorpa, “Fiinsulo”, in Beletra Almanako, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32:

     Ri estis la plej pacienca kaj inteligenta hundo, kiun mi iam renkontis.

     They were the most patient and intelligent dog I had ever met.

Usage notes

Comparable to English epicene pronouns. (Also see riism.)

Alternatives include expanding the use of the demonstrative pronoun tiu (“that one”) or using the similarly proscribed ŝli.

Synonyms

• (neologism, proscribed) ŝli

Holonyms

• li (“he”)
• ŝi (“she”)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/

• Audio (Paris)

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Verb

ri (feminine rie, masculine plural ris, feminine plural ries)

1. past participle of rire

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese rir. Cognates with Kabuverdianu ri.

Verb

ri

1. to laugh

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Italian

Adjective

ri m

1. masculine plural of rio

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Japanese

Romanization

ri

1. Rōmaji transcription of り
2. Rōmaji transcription of リ

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• eri

Noun

ri

1. thorn
2. fishbone

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese rir.

Verb

ri

1. to laugh

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Mandarin

Romanization

ri

1. Nonstandard spelling of rì.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Nabi

Noun

ri

1. woman

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ride

Etymology

From Old Norse ríða

Verb

ri (imperative ri, present tense rir, simple past red or rei, past participle ridd, present participle riende)

1. to ride (an animal, e.g. a horse)

References

• “ri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ri (present tense rir, past tense rei, past participle ridd or ridt or ride, present participle ridande, imperative ri)

1. Alternative form of rida

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Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• rwi
• hri, ĕri

Noun

ri

1. thorn
2. thorny plant

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi/

Verb

ri

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ-, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲi]

Preposition

ri

1. with, to
2. against

   ris a' ghaoith ― against the wind

3. up

   Chaidh iad ris an leathad. ― They went up the hillside.

Usage notes

• This form is used before nouns without the definite article; before the definite article the form ris is used:

  ri cat ― with a cat

  ris a' chat ― with the cat

• Used before a noun or a verbal noun to mean up to or involved in:

  Bha a' chlann sin ri mì-mhodh. ― Those children were up to no good.

• In the Lewis dialect, ri is used instead of ag or a' before a verbal noun to form present participles:

  Tha mi ri seinn. ― I am singing. (As opposed to Tha mi a' seinn, which has the same meaning.)

• Followed by a prepositional pronoun takes a passive voice meaning:

  Tha na h-eòin tarraingeach rin amharc. ― The birds are attractive to watch. (literally "to their watching")

Derived terms

• cho math ri sin
• còmhla ri
• ris an t-sruth

 

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Personal inflection of ri
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	rium	riumsa
	2nd	riut	riutsa
	3rd m	ris	ris-san
	3rd f	rithe	rithese
Plural	1st	ruinn	ruinne
	2nd	ruibh	ruibhse
	3rd	riutha	riuthasan

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹɪj˧˧]

Adverb

ri

1. (Central Vietnam) like this

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Welsh

Noun

ri

1. Soft mutation of rhi.

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Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi]
• Hyphenation: ri

Noun

ri

1. face