ris

See also: rîş and rís

§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

Inflection 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

Inflection 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 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

§External links

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

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§Icelandic

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪːs/
• Rhymes: -ɪːs

§Noun

ris n (genitive singular riss, nominative plural ris)

1. attic, part of a house directly under the (slanting) roof
2. 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

§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

Wikipedia ^no

§Noun

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. rice

§Verb

ris

1. imperative of rise

§References

• “ris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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§Norwegian Nynorsk

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

§Noun

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. rice

§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 is the form is used before the definite article.

§Prepositional 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