ripe

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See also: Ripe, RIPE, ripé, and řípě

English

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɹaɪp/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪp

Etymology 1

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From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (ripe, mature), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (to snatch). Cognate with West Frisian ryp (ripe), Dutch rijp (ripe), German reif (ripe). Related to reap.

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Adjective

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ripe (comparative riper, superlative ripest)

  1. (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
    ripe grain
    ripe apples
    • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop / Into thy mother's lap.
    • 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
      Plant breeding is always a numbers game. [] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
  2. (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
    ripe cheese
    ripe wine
  3. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.
    Synonym: consummate
    • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry the Eighth:
      He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, Canto XLI, page 64:
      And so may Place retain us still,
      ⁠And he the much-beloved again,
      ⁠A lord of large experience, train
      To riper growth the mind and will: []
    • 1895, Henry James, The Altar of the Dead:
      She was a feature of that piety, but even at the ripe stage of acquaintance in which they occasionally arranged to meet at a concert or to go together to an exhibition she was not a feature of anything else.
    • 2001, “Elite”, performed by Deftones:
      When you're ripe
      You'll bleed out of control
  4. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge. (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
  5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
    • 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC:
      while things were just ripe for a war
    • 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America:
      I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
    • 1910, Theodore C. Williams, The Aeneid, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, Book IV Chapter 28:
      nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.
    • 1988, Queensrÿche, Revolution Calling:
      But the time is ripe for changes. There's a growing feeling. That taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due
  6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
      Those happy smilets, / That played on her ripe lip.
    • 1981, Daniel Curzon, Human Warmth & Other Stories[2], →ISBN, page 18:
      He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.
  7. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
      Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe: where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How cam'st thou in this pickle?
  8. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
    • 2004, Kenneth F. Warren, Administrative Law in the Political System[3], →ISBN, page 427:
      Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe, however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.
  9. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:malodorous
    • 2004, Colum McCann, Fishing the Sloe-Black River[4], →ISBN, page 141:
      Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.
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Noun

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ripe (plural ripes)

  1. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
    • 1993, Paul J. Dosal, Doing Business with the Dictators[5], →ISBN, page 76:
      When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.
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Verb

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ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

  1. To ripen or mature
    • 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, [Act II, scene viii]:
      [] he answer'd, "Do not so; / Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, / But stay the very riping of the time; / []
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English ripe, from Latin ripa.

Noun

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ripe (plural ripes)

  1. The bank of a river.
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Etymology 3

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

Verb

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ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To search; to rummage.
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Etymology 4

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An alteration of rife.

Adjective

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ripe (not comparable)

  1. (proscribed, used with with) Rife
    • 2022 November 27, Edward Helmore, “‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity”, in The Guardian[6]:
      The current state of the tech industry is ripe with danger and poses an existential threat, he believes.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From a sound-symbolic root rip- +‎ -e. The stem is also found in ripottaa (to sprinle), ripistä (to crackle quietly) and rippu (nugget, pinch). Cognates include Karelian ripe (crumb; lodicule) and rippuine ((leftover) piece, scrap).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈripeˣ/, [ˈripe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ipe
  • Syllabification(key): ri‧pe

Noun

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ripe

  1. (chiefly in the plural) the leftovers, remains

Declension

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Inflection of ripe (Kotus type 48*B/hame, pp-p gradation)
nominative ripe rippeet
genitive rippeen rippeiden
rippeitten
partitive ripettä rippeitä
illative rippeeseen rippeisiin
rippeihin
singular plural
nominative ripe rippeet
accusative nom. ripe rippeet
gen. rippeen
genitive rippeen rippeiden
rippeitten
partitive ripettä rippeitä
inessive rippeessä rippeissä
elative rippeestä rippeistä
illative rippeeseen rippeisiin
rippeihin
adessive rippeellä rippeillä
ablative rippeeltä rippeiltä
allative rippeelle rippeille
essive rippeenä rippeinä
translative rippeeksi rippeiksi
abessive rippeettä rippeittä
instructive rippein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ripe (Kotus type 48*B/hame, pp-p gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rippeeni rippeeni
accusative nom. rippeeni rippeeni
gen. rippeeni
genitive rippeeni rippeideni
rippeitteni
partitive ripettäni rippeitäni
inessive rippeessäni rippeissäni
elative rippeestäni rippeistäni
illative rippeeseeni rippeisiini
rippeihini
adessive rippeelläni rippeilläni
ablative rippeeltäni rippeiltäni
allative rippeelleni rippeilleni
essive rippeenäni rippeinäni
translative rippeekseni rippeikseni
abessive rippeettäni rippeittäni
instructive
comitative rippeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rippeesi rippeesi
accusative nom. rippeesi rippeesi
gen. rippeesi
genitive rippeesi rippeidesi
rippeittesi
partitive ripettäsi rippeitäsi
inessive rippeessäsi rippeissäsi
elative rippeestäsi rippeistäsi
illative rippeeseesi rippeisiisi
rippeihisi
adessive rippeelläsi rippeilläsi
ablative rippeeltäsi rippeiltäsi
allative rippeellesi rippeillesi
essive rippeenäsi rippeinäsi
translative rippeeksesi rippeiksesi
abessive rippeettäsi rippeittäsi
instructive
comitative rippeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rippeemme rippeemme
accusative nom. rippeemme rippeemme
gen. rippeemme
genitive rippeemme rippeidemme
rippeittemme
partitive ripettämme rippeitämme
inessive rippeessämme rippeissämme
elative rippeestämme rippeistämme
illative rippeeseemme rippeisiimme
rippeihimme
adessive rippeellämme rippeillämme
ablative rippeeltämme rippeiltämme
allative rippeellemme rippeillemme
essive rippeenämme rippeinämme
translative rippeeksemme rippeiksemme
abessive rippeettämme rippeittämme
instructive
comitative rippeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative rippeenne rippeenne
accusative nom. rippeenne rippeenne
gen. rippeenne
genitive rippeenne rippeidenne
rippeittenne
partitive ripettänne rippeitänne
inessive rippeessänne rippeissänne
elative rippeestänne rippeistänne
illative rippeeseenne rippeisiinne
rippeihinne
adessive rippeellänne rippeillänne
ablative rippeeltänne rippeiltänne
allative rippeellenne rippeillenne
essive rippeenänne rippeinänne
translative rippeeksenne rippeiksenne
abessive rippeettänne rippeittänne
instructive
comitative rippeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative rippeensä rippeensä
accusative nom. rippeensä rippeensä
gen. rippeensä
genitive rippeensä rippeidensä
rippeittensä
partitive ripettään
ripettänsä
rippeitään
rippeitänsä
inessive rippeessään
rippeessänsä
rippeissään
rippeissänsä
elative rippeestään
rippeestänsä
rippeistään
rippeistänsä
illative rippeeseensä rippeisiinsä
rippeihinsä
adessive rippeellään
rippeellänsä
rippeillään
rippeillänsä
ablative rippeeltään
rippeeltänsä
rippeiltään
rippeiltänsä
allative rippeelleen
rippeellensä
rippeilleen
rippeillensä
essive rippeenään
rippeenänsä
rippeinään
rippeinänsä
translative rippeekseen
rippeeksensä
rippeikseen
rippeiksensä
abessive rippeettään
rippeettänsä
rippeittään
rippeittänsä
instructive
comitative rippeineen
rippeinensä

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References

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  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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French

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Verb

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ripe

  1. inflection of riper:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician

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Verb

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ripe

  1. inflection of ripar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈri.pe/
  • Rhymes: -ipe
  • Hyphenation: rì‧pe

Noun

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ripe f

  1. plural of ripa

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Of unknown origin (noun, sense 1); from the same origin as rive (noun sense 2 and verb)

Noun

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ripe f or m (definite singular ripa or ripen, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

  1. (nautical) gunwale, edge
    Synonyms: båtripe, esing
  2. a scratch

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Verb

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ripe (imperative rip, present tense riper, passive ripes, simple past ripa or ripet or ripte, past participle ripa or ripet or ript, present participle ripende)

  1. to scratch, score
  2. to strike (a match)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Unknown.

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Noun

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ripe f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

  1. (nautical) gunwale, edge
    Synonyms: båtripe, esing

Etymology 2

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Of the same origin as rive.

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Verb

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ripe (present tense ripar, past tense ripa, past participle ripa, passive infinitive ripast, present participle ripande, imperative ripe/rip)

  1. to scratch, score
  2. to strike (a match)

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ripe f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

  1. a scratch
    Synonym: rip

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpiz.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈriː.pe/

Adjective

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rīpe

  1. ripe
  2. mature

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Descendants

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  • English: ripe

Portuguese

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Verb

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ripe

  1. inflection of ripar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative