ris

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ris"

Catalan

Etymology

Cognate with Italian riccio, making it a doublet of rínxol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈris]

Noun

ris m (plural risos)

1. curl, ringlet, lock

   Synonyms: rull, rínxol

2. loop

   Synonym: bucle

3. (nautical) reef (rolled portion of sail)

Derived terms

• arrissar
• rissar

Further reading

• “ris”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Classical Gaelic

Pronoun

ris

1. third-person singular masculine of re

Preposition

ris

1. form of re (“to, toward, against”) used before the definite article

Cornish

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Etymology

Borrowed from either Middle English rys or Old French ris. Compare Welsh reis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːs/

Noun

ris (collective, singulative risen f)

1. rice

Coordinate terms

Cereals: greunvosedit

• barlys, heydh
• gwaneth
• hwegys, ys
• kergh
• myll
• ris
• spelt
• sugal

Derived terms

• ris bryjys (“boiled rice”)
• ris friys (“fried rice”)
• ris glusek (“sticky rice”)
• ris greun berr (“short grain rice”)
• ris greun hir (“long grain rice”)

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁiːˀs/, [ʁiˀs]

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse rís, from Middle Low German rīs, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin oryza, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

Noun

ris c (singular definite risen, plural indefinite ris)

1. rice

Inflection

Declension of ris

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ris	risen	ris	risene
genitive	ris'	risens	ris'	risenes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hrís.

Noun

ris n (singular definite riset, plural indefinite ris)

1. twig
2. brushwood
3. negative criticism

Inflection

Declension of ris

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ris	riset	ris	risene
genitive	ris'	risets	ris'	risenes