Luxembourgish

Noun

Ris m ‎(plural Risen)

1. giant

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

Etymology 1

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

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
3. climax (of a story)

Declension

Derived terms

• rishár
• risherbergi
• rishæð

Synonyms

• (attic): háaloft, loft, þakhæð, rishæð, hanabjálki

Interlingua

Noun

ris ‎(uncountable)

1. rice

Lojban

Rafsi

ris

1. rafsi of rismi.

Norman

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ris m ‎(plural ris)

1. (Jersey, nautical) reef

Synonyms

• ris d'vaile

Derived terms

• rîsi ‎(“to reef”)

Etymology 2

Verb

ris

1. first-person singular preterite of rithe

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ris m ‎(definite singular risen)

1. rice

Derived terms

• risgrøt
• rismark

Verb

ris

1. imperative of rise

References

• “ris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ris m ‎(definite singular risen)

1. rice

Derived terms

• rismark

References

• “ris” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• prepositional pronoun
• rithe

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

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

Antonyms

• (negative criticism): ros