ris

See also: Ris, RIS, rís, ris', and rîş

Cornish

Noun

ris f (singulative risen)

1. rice

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːs/, [ʁiːˀs]

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse rís, from Middle Low German rīs, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin oriza, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

Noun

ris c (singular definite risen, plural indefinite ris)

1. rice

Inflection

Declension of ris

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ris	risen	ris	risene
genitive	ris'	risens	ris'	risenes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrís.

Noun

ris n (singular definite riset, plural indefinite ris)

1. twig
2. brushwood
3. negative criticism

Inflection

Declension of ris

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ris	riset	ris	risene
genitive	ris'	risets	ris'	risenes

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French

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Old French ris (“reef”) for earlier *rifs (plural), probably a borrowing from Old Norse rif (“reef”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *rebh- (“rib”). More at reef.

Noun

ris m (plural ris)

1. reef

Etymology 2

From Latin rīsus.

Noun

ris m (plural ris)

1. (literary) pleasures

Etymology 3

From Middle French, of unknown origin.

Noun

ris m (plural ris)

1. sweetbread (of a lamb or calf)

Etymology 4

From the verb rire

Verb

ris

1. first-person singular present indicative of rire
2. second-person singular present indicative of rire
3. second-person singular imperative of rire
4. first-person singular past historic of rire
5. second-person singular past historic of rire

Further reading

• “ris” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *risą, a zero-grade formation from *rīsaną (“to rise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪːs/
• Rhymes: -ɪːs

Noun

ris n (genitive singular riss, nominative plural ris)

1. rising (the process of something rising)
2. attic, part of a house directly under the (slanting) roof
3. climax (of a story)

Declension

declension of ris

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ris	risið	ris	risin
accusative	ris	risið	ris	risin
dative	risi	risinu	risum	risunum
genitive	riss	rissins	risa	risanna

Derived terms

• rishár
• risherbergi
• rishæð

Synonyms

• (attic): háaloft, loft, þakhæð, rishæð, hanabjálki

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Interlingua

Noun

ris (uncountable)

1. rice

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Lojban

Rafsi

ris

1. rafsi of rismi.

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Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French ris for earlier *rifs (plural), probably a borrowing from Old Norse rif (“reef”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”)

Noun

ris m (plural ris)

1. (Jersey, nautical) reef

Synonyms

• ris d'vaile

Derived terms

• rîsi (“to reef”)

Etymology 2

Verb

ris

1. first-person singular preterite of rithe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. rice

Derived terms

• risgrøt
• rismark

Verb

ris

1. imperative of rise

References

• “ris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. rice

Derived terms

• rismark

References

• “ris” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲiʃ]

Preposition

ris

1. Alternative form of ri.

Usage notes

• This form is used before the definite article.

Pronoun

ris

1. with him
2. with it

Derived terms

• ris-san

See also

• prepositional pronoun
• rithe

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rysь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rîs/

Noun

rȉs m (Cyrillic spelling ри̏с)

1. lynx

Declension

Declension of ris

	singular	plural
nominative	ris	risovi
genitive	risa	risova
dative	risu	risovima
accusative	risa	risove
vocative	rise	risovi
locative	risu	risovima
instrumental	risom	risovima

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rysь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈríːs/
• Tonal orthography: rȋs

Noun

rís m anim (genitive rísa, nominative plural rísi)

1. lynx

Declension

Declension of rís (masculine anim., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	rís	rísa	rísi
accusative	rísa	rísa	ríse
genitive	rísa	rísov	rísov
dative	rísu	rísoma	rísom
locative	rísu	rísih	rísih
instrumental	rísom	rísoma	rísi

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

ris n

1. small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry, mostly in compounds: blåbärsris, lingonris
2. twigs in a heap or as for a broom

   De lade sina liggunderlag på björkriset.

   They put their hiking mattresses on the birch twigs.

   Han skall få smaka riset för det här.

   He'll get birched ("taste the twigs") for this.

3. rice; a plant
4. rice; food from the rice plant
5. heavily negative criticism (cf the corporal punishment)

   Föreställningen fick mycket ris.

   The performance got much negative criticism.

6. a measure: 500 sheets (of paper)

Declension

Declension of ris

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	ris	riset
genitive	ris	risets

Antonyms

• (negative criticism): ros