ris

ris f (singulative risen)

1. rice

• IPA^(key): /riːs/, [ʁiːˀs]

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).

ris c (singular definite risen, plural indefinite ris)

1. rice

From Old Norse hrís.

ris n (singular definite riset, plural indefinite ris)

1. twig
2. brushwood
3. negative criticism

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/
• Homophone: riz

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.

ris m (plural ris)

1. reef

From Latin rīsus.

ris m (plural ris)

1. (archaic) laughing, laugh
2. (literary) pleasures

From Middle French, of unknown origin.

ris m (plural ris)

1. sweetbread (of a lamb or calf)

From the verb rire

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

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

From Proto-Germanic *risą, a zero-grade formation from *rīsaną (“to rise”).

• IPA^(key): /rɪːs/
• Rhymes: -ɪːs

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)

ris (uncountable)

1. rice

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

ris f (genitive singular rise, nominative plural rise)

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

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

ris

1. bare, uncovered, exposed

ris (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. Alternative form of leis

• "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.

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

ris m (plural ris)

1. (Jersey, nautical) reef

   Synonym: ris d'vaile

• rîsi (“to reef”)

ris

1. first-person singular preterite of rithe

• IPA^(key): /ɾiːs/

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. rice

• risgrøt
• rismark

ris n (riset ris, risene)

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

• bjerkeris

ris m (definite singular risen)

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

ris

1. imperative of rise

• “ris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /riːs/

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

ris m (definite singular risen)

1. rice

• rismark

From Old Norse hrís

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

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

ris

1. present tense of risa
2. imperative of risa

• “ris” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲiʃ]

ris

1. Alternative form of ri

• This form is used before the definite article.

ris

1. with him
2. with it

• ris-san

• rithe

From Proto-Slavic *rysь.

• IPA^(key): /rîs/

rȉs m (Cyrillic spelling ри̏с)

1. lynx

From Proto-Slavic *rysь.

• IPA^(key): /ˈríːs/
• Tonal orthography: rȋs

rís m anim (genitive rísa, nominative plural rísi)

1. lynx

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈris/

From Old Norse hrís

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.

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

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

Ultimately from Arabic rizma.

1. a measure: 500 sheets (of paper)

• (negative criticism): ros