rib

See also: RIB

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪb/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

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From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), 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”).

Noun

rib (plural ribs)

1. 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, 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. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
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. 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, 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
• ribbed vault
• ribcage
• ribeye, ribeye steak
• ribgrass
• ribspare
• rib-tickler
• ribwort
• sparerib
• stick to one's ribs

 

Translations

curved bone

• Ainu: ウッ (ut)
• Arabic: ضِلْع (ar) m (ḍilʕ)

  Egyptian Arabic: ضلع m (ḍelʕ)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: אלעא f (el‘ā, el‘o)

  Syriac: ܐܠܥܐ f (el‘ā, el‘o)

• Armenian: կող (hy) (koġ)
• Aromanian: coastã f
• Assamese: কামিহাড় (kamihar)
• Asturian: costiella (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: qabırğa (az)
• Bashkir: ҡабырға (qabırğa)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: рабро́ n (rabró)
• Blackfoot: mohpikíístsi
• Bulgarian: ребро́ (bg) n (rebró)
• Burmese: နံရိုး (my) (nam-rui:)
• Catalan: costella (ca) f
• Cebuano: gusok
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肋骨 (zh) (lèigǔ)

• Czech: žebro (cs) n
• Dalmatian: cuasta f
• Danish: ribben (da) c
• Dongxiang: qaruha, qaruGa
• Dutch: rib (nl) f
• 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)
• Hindi: पसली (hi) (paslī)
• Hungarian: borda (hu)
• Ido: kosto (io)
• Irish: easna f
• Italian: costola (it) f, costa (it) f
• Japanese: 肋骨 (ja) (ろっこつ, rokkotsu)
• Kapampangan: tagyang, tagiang
• Kazakh: қабырға (kk) (qabyrğa)
• Khmer: ជំនីរ (cumnii)
• Korean: 갈비 (ko) (galbi), 늑골 (neukgol) (肋骨 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: parsû (ku)

  Sorani: پەراسوو (perasû)

• Kyrgyz: кабырга (ky) (kabırga)
• Lao: ກະດູກຂ້າງ (lo) (ka dūk khāng), ດູກຂ້າງ (dūk khāng)
• Latgalian: suonkauļs
• Latin: costa (la) f
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• Latvian: sānkauls m, riba f
• Lithuanian: šonkaulis
• Low German: Ribb f
• Luxembourgish: Rëpp f
• Macedonian: ре́бро n (rébro)
• Malay: tulang rusuk, rusuk, kosta
• Maltese: kustilja f
• Maori: rara
• Mongolian: хавирга (mn) (xavirga)
• Mwani: luwavu
• Nanai: xeuchile
• Navajo: átsą́ą́ʼ
• Neapolitan: custata
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: côte f
• Northern Altai: кавырга (qavírga)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ribbein n

  Nynorsk: ribbein n

• Occitan: costèla (oc) f
• Old English: ribb n
• Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa
• Polish: żebro (pl) n
• Portuguese: costela (pt) f
• Romanian: coastă (ro) f
• Russian: ребро́ (ru) n (rebró)
• Sanskrit: पर्शु (sa) m (parśu)
• Sardinian: colta f, costa f
• Scottish Gaelic: asna f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ребро n

  Roman: rebro (sh) n

• Slovak: rebro (sk) n
• Slovene: rebro (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kórabja f

• Southern Altai: кабырга (qabírga)
• Spanish: costilla (es) f
• Swedish: revben (sv) n
• Tagalog: tadyang (tl)
• Tamil: விலாவெலும்பு (ta) (vilāvelumpu), பழுவெலும்பு (ta) (paḻuvelumpu)
• Telugu: (emukula gUdu)
• Thai: ซี่โครง (sîi-kroong)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kaburga (tr)
• Ukrainian: ребро́ n (rebró)
• Uyghur: قوۋۇرغا (qowurgha)
• Vietnamese: xương sườn (vi), sườn (vi)
• Volapük: rib (vo)
• Walloon: coisse (wa) f
• Welsh: asen f
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Wolof: faar (wo)
• Yiddish: ריפּ f (rip)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

part similar to rib

• Finnish: kaari (fi)
• German: Rippe (de) f, Strebe (de) f
• Italian: costone (it) m
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• Spanish: costilla (es) f

cut of meat

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 排骨 (paai⁴ gwat¹)

• Finnish: kylki (fi)
• French: côtelette (fr) f, côte (fr) f
• German: Rippchen (de) m, costillar m
• Greek: παϊδάκι (el) n (païdáki)

  Ancient Greek: σχελίς f (skhelís)

• Hungarian: borda (hu)
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• Italian: spuntatura (it) f, costoletta f
• Japanese: 肋肉 (ばらにく, baraniku)
• Latvian: ribiņas f pl
• Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa
• 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

• Catalan: quaderna (ca) f
• Czech: žebro (cs) n
• Finnish: kaari (fi)
• Galician: caderna 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
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• Italian: madiere (it) m
• Japanese: あばら骨 (abarabone)
• Latin: statūmen n
• Maltese: qafas m
• Maori: katea
• Portuguese: costela (pt) f
• Russian: ребро́ (ru) n (rebró)
• Spanish: costilla (es) f, cuaderna (es) f

shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing

• Finnish: kaari (fi)
• Greek: νεύρο (el) n (névro)
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• Italian: nervatura (it) f
• Spanish: costilla (es) f

architecture: projecting member

• Finnish: ruoti (fi)
• Hungarian: borda (hu)
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• Italian: nervatura (it) f

ridge in knitted material

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botany: prominent vein in a leaf

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

teasing joke

• Finnish: härnäys, pottuilu (fi)
• Greek: πείραγμα (el) n (peíragma)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakatara

single strand of hair

• Finnish: kiehkura (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

stalk of celery

• Finnish: varsi (fi), sellerin varsi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: gambo (it) m

archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman

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

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} გვერდი (gverdi), ^{(please verify)} ნეკნი (neḳni)
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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.
2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

   He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.

3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

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

Translations

to equip with ribs

• Finnish: kaarittaa
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• Hungarian: bordáz (hu)

to tease

• Finnish: härnätä (fi), pottuilla
• Greek: πειράζω (el) (peirázo)
• Hungarian: ugrat (hu)
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• 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 ().
2. (botany) Costmary ().
3. (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).

Anagrams

• Bri, IBR, IRB, RBI

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪp/

• Audio:

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• 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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Verb

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

1. trap, ensnare

Related terms

• ribe

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Yapese

Adverb

rib

1. very

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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 (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