ribbit

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

ribbit

(onomatopoeia) The vocal 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

Cebuano: kokak
Chinese:
Mandarin: 呱呱 (zh) (guāguā)
Czech: kva
Danish: kvæk
French: croâ
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: quak (de)
Greek: βρεκεκέξ (el) (vrekekéx), κουαξ (kouax)
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)
Romanian: oac (ro)
Russian: ква-ква́ (kva-kvá), квак (kvak)
Spanish: croac
Swedish: kvack (sv)
Tagalog: kokak
Tok Pisin: dokorok
Vietnamese: ộp ộp, ộp oạp, qua qua, quạ quạ

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} kwaak kwaak
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} kwak kwak
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} קרקור‎ m (qirqur) (2)

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kuak kuak
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} vrak vrak

Noun

ribbit (plural ribbits)

The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

Translations

the sound made by a frog or toad — see croak

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 — see croak

References

Songs of the Frog

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