ris

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

Cornish

Noun

ris f (singulative risen)

  1. rice

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrís.

Noun

ris n (singular definite riset, plural indefinite ris)

  1. twig
  2. brushwood
  3. negative criticism
Inflection

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi/
  • Homophone: riz

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Old French ris (“reef”) for earlier *rifs (plural), 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, 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

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

Derived terms

Interlingua

Noun

ris (uncountable)

  1. rice

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

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.
  • “1 ris” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “3 ris” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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

Etymology 2

Verb

ris

  1. first-person singular preterite of rithe

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾiːs/

Noun

ris m (definite singular risen)

  1. rice

Derived terms

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

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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾʲiʃ]

Preposition

ris

  1. Alternative form of ri

Usage notes

Pronoun

ris

  1. with him
  2. with it

Derived terms

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rysь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rîs/

Noun

rȉs m (Cyrillic spelling ри̏с)

  1. lynx

Declension

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈris/

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
Indefinite Definite
Nominative ris riset — —
Genitive ris risets — —

Antonyms

  • (negative criticism): ros
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