rib

See also: RIB

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭb, IPA^(key): /ɹɪb/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

ribs (1) forming a human rib cage

smoked ribs (3)

ribs (5) of an aircraft wing

rib vault (6)

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).

Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”).

(wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.

Noun

rib (plural ribs)

1. (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
   • 1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], OCLC 654408264, page 1:

     On an early winter afternoon, clear but not cold, when the vegetable world was a weird multitude of skeletons through whose ribs the sun shone freely, a gleaming landau came to a pause on the crest of a hill in Wessex.

2. (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

   umbrella ribs

3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
4. (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
5. (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
6. (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
7. (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
8. (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
9. A teasing joke.
10. (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
11. A stalk of celery.
12. (archaic, literary or humorous) A wife or woman.
    • 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales

      'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'

Derived terms

• chuck rib
• middle rib
• rib-tickler
• ribbed vault
• ribcage
• ribeye, ribeye steak
• ribgrass
• ribspare
• ribwort
• sparerib
• stick to one's ribs

 

Translations

curved bone

• Afar: masangale
• Afrikaans: rib (af)
• Ainu: ウッ (ut)
• Aiton: please add this translation if you can
• Aklanon: gusok
• Albanian: brinjë (sq)
• Arabic: ضِلْع‎ (ar) m (ḍilʕ)

  Egyptian Arabic: ضلع‎ m (ḍelʕ)

  Moroccan Arabic: ضلعة‎ f (ḍalʕa)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: אלעא‎ f (el‘ā, el‘o)

  Syriac: ܐܠܥܐ‎ f (el‘ā, el‘o)

• Armenian: կող (hy) (koł)
• Aromanian: coastã f
• Assamese: কামিহাড় (kamihar)
• Asturian: costiella (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: qabırğa (az)
• Bashkir: ҡабырға (qabırğa)
• Basque: saihets-hezurra
• Belarusian: рабро́ n (rabró)
• Blackfoot: mohpikíístsi
• Bulgarian: ребро́ (bg) n (rebró)
• Burmese: နံရိုး (my) (nam-rui:)
• Catalan: costella (ca) f
• Cebuano: gusok
• Chechen: пӏенда (pʼenda)
• Chinese:

  Hakka: 骿籬骨／骿篱骨 (piangˊ liˇ gudˋ)

  Mandarin: 肋骨 (zh) (lèigǔ)

  Min Nan: 箅仔骨 (zh-min-nan) (pín-á-kut)

• Czech: žebro (cs) n
• Dalmatian: cuasta f
• Danish: ribben (da) c
• Dongxiang: qaruha, qaruGa
• Dutch: rib (nl) f
• Egyptian: (spr m)
• Esperanto: ripo (eo)
• Ewe: agbaƒuti n
• Faroese: rivjabein n
• Finnish: kylkiluu (fi)
• French: côte (fr) f
• Friulian: cueste f
• Galician: costela (gl) f
• Georgian: ნეკნი (neḳni)
• German: Rippe (de) f
• Greek: πλευρό (el) n (plevró), παΐδι (el) n (paḯdi) (colloquial), πλευρά (el) f (plevrá) (formally)

  Ancient: πλευρά f (pleurá)

• Hebrew: צלע‎ (he) f (tsela)
• Higaonon: gusuk
• Hindi: पसली (hi) (paslī)
• Hungarian: borda (hu)
• Ido: kosto (io)
• Ingrian: kylkiluu
• Ingush: пӏенда (pʼenda)
• Iranun: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: easna f
• Italian: costola (it) f, costa (it) f
• Japanese: 肋骨 (ja) (ろっこつ, rokkotsu)
• Kapampangan: tagyang, tagiang
• Kaurna: paintyi warpu
• Kazakh: қабырға (kk) (qabyrğa)
• Khamti: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: ជំនីរ (cumnii)
• Korean: 갈비 (ko) (galbi), 늑골(肋骨) (neukgol)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پەراسوو‎ (perasû)

  Northern Kurdish: perasû (ku) m, parsû (ku)

• Kyrgyz: кабырга (ky) (kabırga)
• Lao: ກະດູກຂ້າງ (lo) (ka dūk khāng), ດູກຂ້າງ (dūk khāng)
• Latgalian: suonkauļs
• Latin: costa (la) f
• Latvian: sānkauls m, riba f
• Lithuanian: šonkaulis
• Low German: Ribb f
• Luxembourgish: Rëpp (lb) f
• Macedonian: ре́бро n (rébro)
• Maguindanao: gusuk
• Malay: tulang rusuk (ms), rusuk (ms), kosta
• Malayalam: വാരിയെല്ല് (ml) (vāriyellŭ)
• Maltese: kustilja f
• Manchu: ᡝᠪᠴᡳ (ebci)
• Mansaka: gosok
• Maori: rara
• Maranao: gosok
• Minangkabau: rusuak
• Mongolian: хавирга (mn) (xavirga)
• Mwani: luwavu
• Nanai: хэучилэ
• Navajo: átsą́ą́ʼ
• Neapolitan: custata
• Nepali: करङ (karaṅ)
• Norman: côte f
• Northern Altai: кавырга (kavïrga)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ribbein n

  Nynorsk: ribbein n

• Occitan: costèla (oc) f, còsta (oc) f
• Ojibwe: (my rib) nipigemag
• Old English: ribb n
• Ossetian: фӕрск (færsk)
• Ottoman Turkish: قبورغه‎ (kaburga)
• Phake: please add this translation if you can
• Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa
• Plautdietsch: Rebb f
• Polish: żebro (pl) n
• Portuguese: costela (pt) f
• Rapa Nui: kavakava
• Rohingya: cáiththana
• Romanian: coastă (ro) f
• Russian: ребро́ (ru) n (rebró)
• Saho: kabbud
• Sanskrit: पर्शु (sa) m (parśu)
• Sardinian: colta f, costa f
• Scottish Gaelic: asna f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ребро n

  Roman: rebro (sh) n

• Shan: လုပ်ႇၶၢင်ႈ (lùp khāang)
• Slovak: rebro (sk) n
• Slovene: rebro (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kórabja f

• Southern Altai: кабырга (kabïrga)
• Spanish: costilla (es) f
• Sundanese: tulang iga
• Swedish: revben (sv) n
• Tagalog: tadyang (tl)
• Tamil: விலாவெலும்பு (ta) (vilāvelumpu), பழுவெலும்பு (ta) (paḻuvelumpu)
• Tausug: gusuk
• Telugu: (emukula gUdu)
• Thai: ซี่โครง (th) (sîi-kroong)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: pauṣke
• Turkish: kaburga (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎍𐎓 (ṣlʿ)
• Ukrainian: ребро́ n (rebró)
• Uyghur: قوۋۇرغا‎ (qowurgha)
• Vietnamese: xương sườn (vi), sườn (vi)
• Volapük: rib (vo)
• Walloon: coisse (wa) f
• Welsh: asen f
• West Frisian: ribbe c
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: gusuk
• Westrobothnian: sibein n, revbein n
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Wolof: faar (wo)
• Yakan: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: ריפּ‎ f (rip)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

part similar to rib

• Bulgarian: ребро (bg) n (rebro)
• Catalan: barnilla f
• Finnish: kaari (fi)
• German: Rippe (de) f, Strebe (de) f
• Italian: costone (it) m
• Spanish: costilla (es) f

cut of meat

• Albanian: brinjë (sq)
• Bulgarian: ребърце n (rebǎrce)
• Catalan: costella (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 排骨 (paai⁴ gwat¹)

• Egyptian: (spr m)
• Finnish: kylki (fi)
• French: côtelette (fr) f, côte (fr) f
• Galician: costela (gl) f, entrecosto (gl) m, costeleta (gl) f
• German: Rippchen (de) m, costillar m
• Greek: παϊδάκι (el) n (païdáki)

  Ancient: σχελίς f (skhelís)

• Hungarian: borda (hu)
• Italian: spuntatura (it) f, costoletta f
• Japanese: 肋肉 (ja) (ばらにく, baraniku)
• Latvian: ribiņas f pl
• Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa
• Polish: żeberko (pl) n
• Portuguese: costela (pt) f
• Russian: рёбрышки (ru) n pl (rjóbryški)
• Spanish: costillar (es) m
• Walloon: coisse (wa) f

nautical: part of a ship’s framework

• Bulgarian: ребро (bg) n (rebro)
• Catalan: quaderna (ca) f
• Czech: žebro (cs) n
• Finnish: kaari (fi)
• Galician: caderna (gl) f
• German: Spant (de) m or n
• Greek: στραβόξυλο (el) n (stravóxylo), νομείς (el) m pl (nomeís)

  Ancient: δρύοχος m (drúokhos)

• Hungarian: borda (hu)
• Irish: easna f, maide m
• Italian: madiere (it) m
• Japanese: あばら骨 (abarabone)
• Latin: statūmen n
• Maltese: qafas m
• Maori: katea
• Ottoman Turkish: قبورغه‎ (kaburga)
• Portuguese: costela (pt) f
• Russian: ребро́ (ru) n (rebró)
• Spanish: costilla (es) f, cuaderna (es) f

shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing

• Bulgarian: ребро (bg) n (rebro)
• Finnish: kaari (fi)
• French: nervure (fr) f
• German: Rippe (de) f
• Greek: νεύρο (el) n (névro)
• Italian: nervatura (it) f
• Spanish: costilla (es) f

architecture: projecting member

• Catalan: nervi (ca) m, nervadura (ca) f
• Finnish: ruoti (fi)
• German: Gewölberippe f, Rippe (de) f
• Hungarian: borda (hu)
• Italian: nervatura (it) f

ridge in knitted material

botany: prominent vein in a leaf

• Bulgarian: жилка (bg) f (žilka)
• Finnish: ruoti (fi)
• Greek: νεύρωση (el) f (névrosi)
• Irish: féith f
• Italian: nervatura (it) f
• Spanish: costilla (es) f

teasing joke

• Finnish: härnäys, pottuilu (fi)
• Greek: πείραγμα (el) n (peíragma)
• Maori: whakatara

single strand of hair

• Finnish: kiehkura (fi)

stalk of celery

• Finnish: sellerinvarsi
• German: Stängel (de) m, Stange (de) f
• Italian: gambo (it) m

archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman

• Finnish: kylkiluu (fi)
• French: épouse (fr) f, femme (fr) f, moitié (fr) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} გვერდი (gverdi), ^{(please verify)} ნეკნი (neḳni)

Verb

rib (third-person singular simple present ribs, present participle ribbing, simple past and past participle ribbed)

1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
3. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

   He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.

4. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene vii]:

     It [lead] were too gross
     To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.

5. (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

Translations

to equip with ribs

• Bulgarian: оребрявам (orebrjavam)
• Finnish: kaarittaa
• Hungarian: bordáz (hu)

to tease

• Finnish: härnätä (fi), pottuilla
• Greek: πειράζω (el) (peirázo)
• Hungarian: ugrat (hu)
• Irish: spoch as
• Maori: whakatara
• Russian: дразни́ть (ru) (draznítʹ)

Etymology 2

From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).

Noun

rib (plural ribs)

1. (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
2. (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
3. (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).

Translations

Cynoglossum officinale

• Bulgarian: лечебна наумка f (lečebna naumka)

Tanacetum balsamita

• Bulgarian: калоферче n (kaloferče)

Nasturtium officinale

• Bulgarian: поточарка f (potočarka)

Further reading

• rib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• BIR, BRI, Bri, IBR, IRB, RBI

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: rib

Noun

rib (plural ribbe, diminutive ribbetjie)

1. (anatomy) rib

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rib
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

rib m (plural ribben, diminutive ribje n)

1. rib

   Je kunt haar ribben tellen. ― You can count her ribs.

   Dat is een rib uit mijn lijf. ― That's a rib from my body.

2. a truss (wooden frame)

Derived terms

• ribbenkast
• ribstuk
• scheepsrib

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rib
• Berbice Creole Dutch: rebu
• Negerhollands: rippe, reppe, ribi
• → Papiamentu: repchi, ribtsje (from the diminutive)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From ribe (“hair, blade, tape”).

Verb

rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)

1. trap, ensnare

Related terms

• ribe

Slovene

Noun

rib

1. genitive dual/plural of riba

Yapese

Adverb

rib

1. very

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɣip˧/
• Tone numbers: rib⁸
• Hyphenation: rib

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *C̬.lepᴰ (“fingernail; toenail”). Cognate with Thai เล็บ (lép), Lao ເລັບ (lep), Shan ၼဵပ်ႉ (nâ̰ep), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜆𑜫 (lip), Saek หลี้บ.

Noun

rib (Sawndip forms 𭻎 or 𭶫, 1957–1982 spelling rib)

1. nail (on fingers and toes)

   Synonym: (dialectal) gyaep

2. claw; talon

   Synonym: nyauj

3. hoof

   Synonym: ve

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

rib (1957–1982 spelling rib)

1. to clean up; to tidy up
2. to confiscate