rice
English
/ɹaɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rys derived from Old French ris (reef) derived from riso derived from ὄρυζα.
Origin
ὄρυζα
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bird English
- bowl English
- field English
- fish English
- grass English
- grower English
- growing English
- meal English
- nonrice English
- noodle English
- rice bowl English
- rice growing English
- rice noodle English
- ricebird English
- riceburger English
- ricefield English
- ricefish English
- ricegrass English
- ricegrower English
- riceless English
- ricelessness English
- ricelike English
- ricemeal English
- ricer English
- riceroot English
- root English
- work English
- Omelett German
- omelette Italian
- riso Italian
- omelet Dutch, Flemish
- omelette French
- ris French
- riz French
- омлет Russian
- ὄρυζα Ancient Greek
- omelett Norwegian Bokmål
- omelete Portuguese
- オムライス Japanese
- オムレツ Japanese
- ライス Japanese
- ライスワーク Japanese
- omlet Polish
- omelett Norwegian Nynorsk
- ris Norwegian Nynorsk
- rismark Norwegian Nynorsk
- rys Middle English
- rís Irish
- hrís Old Norse
- rif Old Norse
- rís Old Norse
- omelet Danish
- omeleta Czech
- رُزّ Arabic
- ris Old French
- hrís Icelandic
- hrísgrjón Icelandic
- omletă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- reis Welsh
- rijs Middle Dutch
- omlet Turkish
- ris Norman
- rīs Middle High German
- אָמלעט Yiddish
- rīs Middle Low German
- омлет Macedonian
- 오믈렛 Korean
- ilayisi Zulu
- raij Marshallese
- raijin Marshallese
- irayisi Xhosa
- rais Tok Pisin
- ὄρυζα gkm
- lilayisi Swati
- alesi Sranan Tongo
- ruddi Afar
- rais Chuukese
- raes Bislama
- riso roa-oit
- rais Pohnpeian
- rais Nigerian Pidgin