rice

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹaɪs/ Rhymes: -aɪs === Etymology 1 === From Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern Iranian language related to Middle Persian blnc (*brinǰ), Northern Kurdish riz (beyond Euphrates) and Zazaki riz. Theorized to come to Iranian languages from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi). Prior to Sanskrit, it is speculated to be possibly a borrowing from a Dravidian language (compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”)), or from Austroasiatic languages further east. Alternatively Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza) is said to be from Hebrew אורז (órez), from South Arabian areez ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀭𑀺𑀘𑀺 (arici). Doublet of arroz. ==== Noun ==== rice (countable and uncountable, plural rices) (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. (countable) A specific variety of this plant. (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food. The seeds of wild rice, used as food. (uncountable, slang, ethnic slur, humorous) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner. (computing, slang) An instance of customization of a user interface. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Holonyms ===== ===== Coordinate terms ===== (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== rice (third-person singular simple present rices, present participle ricing, simple past and past participle riced) (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes). (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.) (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding). (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hrīs (“branch; twig”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą (“bush; twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreys- (“to turn; bend; wind; move; shake”). Cognate with Scots reise, rice (“twigs; brushwood”), West Frisian riis, rys, Dutch rijs (“little branch; twig; osier; whip”), German Low German Ries, German Reis (“twig; sprig; shoot”), Swedish ris (“twigs; brush; rod”), Icelandic hrís. ==== Alternative forms ==== rise ==== Noun ==== rice (plural rices) (now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick. (weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool. ===== Related terms ===== rise-wood/risewood === References === === Anagrams === ERIC, Eric, cire, eric, icer == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrʲit͡sɛ/, [ˈrʲit͡sə] === Verb === rice third-person plural present of ricaś == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== rice (Early Middle English) alternative form of riche (“rich”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== rice (Early Middle English) alternative form of riche (“realm”) == Old English == === Alternative forms === rīc === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“kingdom, realm”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈriː.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -iː.t͡ʃe ==== Noun ==== rīċe n kingdom, empire late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter" reign The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle authority, dominion ===== Declension ===== Strong ja-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== rīċen ricsian ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: riche, ryche, rik, rike, ryk (Northern), rice (Early Middle English) === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“mighty, rich”). ==== Adjective ==== rīċe (superlative riċost) rich powerful ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: riche, rech, reche, rich, ruche, rych, ryche, reke, rik, rike (Northern), rice (Early Middle English)English: richScots: richYola: reeche ==== See also ==== rīcsian == Old French == === Adjective === rice m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rice) (Picard) alternative form of riche == Spanish == === Verb === rice inflection of rizar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative