ribbit

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪbɪt/, /ˈɹɪbət/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪbɪt

Interjection

ribbit

(onomatopoeia) The sound made by a frog or toad.
The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit!"

Translations

the sound made by a frog or toad

Chinese:
Mandarin: 呱呱 (zh) (guāguā)
Czech: kva
Danish: kvæk
French: croâ
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: quak (de)
Greek: κουαξ (kouax), βρεκεκέξ (el) (vrekekéx)
Ancient Greek: βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx)
Hungarian: brekk, brekeke

Japanese: ケロ (kero), ケロケロ (kerokero)
Korean: 개굴 (ko) (gaegul)
Latin: coax
Norwegian: kvekk (no)
Polish: kum (pl)
Portuguese: croac (pt)
Russian: ква-ква (kva-kva), квак (kvak)
Spanish: croac
Swedish: kvack (sv)
Tok Pisin: dokorok
Vietnamese: ộp ộp, ộp oạp, qua qua, quạ quạ

Noun

ribbit (plural ribbits)

The sound made by a frog or toad.

Verb

ribbit (third-person singular simple present ribbits, present participle ribbiting or ribbitting, simple past and past participle ribbited or ribbitted)

(intransitive) To make the sound of a frog or toad.

Translations

make the sound of a frog or toad

Galician: croar (gl)
German: quaken (de)
Hungarian: brekeg (hu)

Portuguese: coaxar (pt)
Russian: ква́кать (ru) (kvákatʹ)
Spanish: croar (es)

References

Songs of the Frog

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