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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/
• Homophone: riz

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Old French ris (“reef”) for earlier *rifs pl, probably borrowed 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. (archaic) laughing, laugh
2. (literary) pleasures

Etymology 3

From Middle French ris, of unknown origin. Gilles Ménage considered it a likely corruption of ridez m pl (“rinkled”).

Noun

ris m (plural ris)

1. sweetbread (of a lamb or calf)

Usage notes

Mostly used as a plural.

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

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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

   Synonyms: háaloft, loft, þakhæð, rishæð, hanabjálki

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

• risherbergi
• rishár
• rishæð

 

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Interlingua

Noun

ris (uncountable)

1. rice

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ris (“a piece of news, tidings, story, tale”).

Noun

ris f (genitive singular rise, nominative plural rise)

1. (literary) report, tidings
2. (literary) story, tale

Declension

Declension of ris

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ris rise Vocative a ris a rise Genitive rise ris Dative ris rise

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ris na rise Genitive na rise na ris Dative leis an ris don ris leis na rise

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ris (“bare, exposed, uncovered”, adjective).

Adverb

ris

1. bare, uncovered, exposed

Etymology 3

Pronoun

ris (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. Alternative form of leis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ris	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "ris" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 ris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Norman

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ris m (plural ris)

1. (Jersey, nautical) reef

   Synonym: 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾiːs/

Noun

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. rice

Derived terms

• risgrøt
• rismark

Noun 2

ris n (riset ris, risene)

1. a birch; a bundle of figs used as a punishing device

Derived terms

• bjerkeris

Noun 3

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. a spanking given to someone through the use of a birch or the palm of one’s hand

Verb

ris

1. imperative of rise

References

• “ris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːs/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rís, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza). Akin to English rice.

Noun

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. rice

Derived terms

• rismark

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrís

Noun

ris n (definite singular riset, indefinite plural ris, definite plural risa)

1. a bundle of sticks or twigs
2. a spanking

Etymology 3

Verb

ris

1. present tense of risa
2. imperative of risa

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

• 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): /ríːs/

Noun

rȋs m anim

1. lynx

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	rís
gen. sing.	rísa
	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

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• IPA^(key): /ˈris/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrís

Noun

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.

3. a spanking

   Han skall få smaka riset för det här.

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

4. negative criticism

   Föreställningen fick mycket ris.

   The performance got much negative criticism.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rís, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza). Akin to English rice.

Noun

1. rice; a plant
2. rice; food from the rice plant

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Arabic rizma.

Noun

1. a measure: 500 sheets (of paper)

Declension

Declension of ris
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ris	riset	—	—
Genitive	ris	risets	—	—

Antonyms

• (negative criticism): ros