rib en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪb/
- (US) audio
- rĭb
Etymology
From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”). (wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.
Meanings
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Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
On an early winter afternoon, clear but not cold, when the vegetable world was a weird multitude of skeletons through whose ribs the sun shone freely, a gleaming landau came to a pause on the crest of a hill in Wessex.
1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 1:
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(broadly) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
a broken rib on the umbrella
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
- A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- A teasing joke.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
- A stalk of celery.
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(archaic, humorous, literary) A wife or woman.
'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'
1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ribs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rib-rack · abdominal rib · stick to one's ribs · ribspare · ribcage · ribgrass · flying rib · rib eye · toby rib · ribeye steak · ribectomy · Dogrib · ribless · ribeye · beef rib · forerib · rib steak · ribsteak · floating rib · riblet · transverse rib · spear-rib · ribby · ribstone · sparerib · prime rib · baldrib · rib-eye steak · ribbed vault · ribbie · ribwort · ribband · midrib · rib-tickler · riblike · baby back rib · rib-eye · false rib · ribwich · middle rib · rib vault · ribwork · rib-faced deer · chuck rib · rib eye steak · spare-rib · rib meristem · lierne rib · short rib · rib-cage · spare rib · ribber · ribroast · standing rib · rib-tickling · true rib
Translations (263)
wmw luwavu (curved bone) · pam tagyang (curved bone) · bg ребро́ (curved bone) · be рабро́ (curved bone) · ca costella (curved bone) · lnj ighat (curved bone) · nv átsą́ą́ʼ (curved bone) · da ribben (curved bone) · sl rebro (curved bone) · pl żeberko (cut of meat) · fi kylkiluu (curved bone) · alt кабырга (curved bone) · es costilla (botany: prominent vein in a leaf) · fr côte (curved bone) · ang ribb (curved bone) · ota پاینده (architecture: projecting member) · ru рёбрышки (cut of meat) · fur cueste (curved bone) · id rusuk (curved bone) · ca barnilla (part similar to rib) · km ជំនីរ (curved bone) · ta விலாவெலும்பு (curved bone) · unm xkelixën (curved bone) · tr kaburga (curved bone) · fi sellerinvarsi (stalk of celery) · nap custata (curved bone) · rif taɣezdist (cut of meat) · eu saihets-hezurra (curved bone) · dsb kórabja (curved bone) · bho पसली (curved bone) · gl costela (cut of meat) · lv riba (curved bone) · hi पसली (curved bone) · pam tagiang (curved bone) · it nervatura (botany: prominent vein in a leaf) · ja あばら骨 (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · ca costella (cut of meat) · de Rippe (part similar to rib) · bg ребро (part similar to rib) · kw asow (curved bone) · es costilla (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · arc ܐܠܥܐ (curved bone) · mt qafas (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · pt costela (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · es costilla (part similar to rib) · fr nervure (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing) · bg ребро (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · ga féith (botany: prominent vein in a leaf) · lo ກະດູກຂ້າງ (curved bone) · ms rusuk (curved bone) · ca nervi (architecture: projecting member) · wa coisse (curved bone) · it costoletta (cut of meat) · fr épouse (archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman) · oj nipigemag (curved bone) · fa پهلو (curved bone) · tl tadyang (curved bone) · fy ribbe (curved bone) · bla mohpikíístsi (curved bone) · bg ребро (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing) · grc πλευρόν (curved bone) · ee agbaƒuti (curved bone) · su tulang iga (curved bone) · de Rippe (curved bone) · ml വാരിയെല്ല് (curved bone) · it costola (curved bone) · de Rippe (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing) · mbb gusuk (curved bone) · dlm cuasta (curved bone) · de Gewölberippe (architecture: projecting member) · cs žebro (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · wao kúṭe (curved bone) · fi kiehkura (single strand of hair) · sce qaruGa (curved bone) · el παϊδάκι (cut of meat) · fr côte (cut of meat) · bg ребърце (cut of meat) · rap kavakava (curved bone) · ur پَسْلی (curved bone) · ko 늑골 (curved bone) · mdh gusuk (curved bone) · lt šonkaulis (curved bone) · ota قبورغه (curved bone) · tsg gusuk (curved bone) · es costilla (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing) · ga maide (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · ceb gusok (curved bone) · de Spant (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · th ซี่โครง (curved bone) · mk ре́бро (curved bone) · pl żebro (curved bone) · ga easna (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · az qabırğa (curved bone) · gd asna (curved bone) · it gambo (stalk of celery) · atv кабырга (curved bone) · la costa (curved bone) · fi kaari (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing) · ckb پەراسوو (curved bone) · yue 排骨 (cut of meat) · gl costela (curved bone) · wo faar (curved bone) · ltg suonkauļs (curved bone) · zku paintyi warpu (curved bone) · el νεύρωση (botany: prominent vein in a leaf) · arc אלעא (curved bone) · mt kustilja (curved bone) · ru ребро́ (curved bone) · es costillar (cut of meat) · el νεύρο (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing) · nn ribbein (curved bone) · cs žebro (curved bone) · aa masangale (curved bone) · ain ウッ (curved bone) · gld хэучилэ (curved bone) · mi rara (curved bone) · la statūmen (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · fo rivjabein (curved bone) · it nervatura (architecture: projecting member) · sce qaruha (curved bone) · de Stange (stalk of celery) · gl caderna (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · oc costèla (curved bone) · atv кавырга (curved bone) · fi pottuilu (teasing joke) · ast costiella (curved bone) · vi xương sườn (curved bone) · rhg cáiththana (curved bone) · sc costa (curved bone) · ty ʻaoʻao (curved bone) · el παΐδι (curved bone) · txb pauṣke (curved bone) · as কামিহাড় (curved bone) · ka ნეკნი (curved bone) · hu borda (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · hu borda (architecture: projecting member) · fi kaari (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · ca quaderna (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · it costone (part similar to rib) · fi kylki (cut of meat) · vo rib (curved bone) · kxd bidai (curved bone) · cmn 肋骨 (curved bone) · pt costela (curved bone) · sh rebro (curved bone) · sk rebro (curved bone) · ug قوۋۇرغا (curved bone) · nan-hbl 箅仔骨 (curved bone) · sa पर्शु (curved bone) · de Rippe (architecture: projecting member) · hu borda (cut of meat) · ga easna (curved bone) · njo-jgl tesaret (curved bone) · ne करङ (curved bone) · grc δρύοχος (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · ky кабырга (curved bone) · el στραβόξυλο (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · es cuaderna (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · pox rebrü (curved bone) · kw asowen (curved bone) · sq bri (curved bone) · sc colta (curved bone) · mi kaokao (curved bone) · pt costela (cut of meat) · ba ҡабырға (curved bone) · rif taɣezdist (curved bone) · oc còsta (curved bone) · izh kylkiluu (curved bone) · nb ribbein (curved bone) · es costilla (curved bone) · ta பழுவெலும்பு (curved bone) · uga 𐎕𐎍𐎓 (curved bone) · ms kosta (curved bone) · sh ребро (curved bone) · kix û (curved bone) · mnc ᡝᠪᠴᡳ (curved bone) · ssy kabbud (curved bone) · akl gusok (curved bone) · lv ribiņas (cut of meat) · fi ruoti (architecture: projecting member) · hu borda (curved bone) · el νομείς (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · sq brinjë (cut of meat) · ja 肋肉 (cut of meat) · kmr parsû (curved bone) · fa دنده (curved bone) · it costa (curved bone) · lv sānkauls (curved bone) · ota قبورغه (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · rup coastã (curved bone) · mba gusuk (curved bone) · mrw gosok (curved bone) · egy s-p:r-spr (curved bone) · cy asen (curved bone) · pjt kantilypa (curved bone) · ko 갈비 (curved bone) · hak 骿籬骨 /骿篱骨 (curved bone) · bvb sibatyabatya (curved bone) · gl entrecosto (cut of meat) · sv revben (curved bone) · izh kuveluu (curved bone) · egy s-p:r-spr (cut of meat) · io kosto (curved bone) · ca nervadura (architecture: projecting member) · ru ребро́ (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · ce пӏенда (curved bone) · it nervatura (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing) · grc σχελίς (cut of meat) · mn хавирга (curved bone) · os фӕрск (curved bone) · grc πλευρά (curved bone) · ar ضِلْع (curved bone) · pjt kantilypa (cut of meat) · sq brinjë (curved bone) · scn costa (curved bone) · ary ضلعة (curved bone) · it spuntatura (cut of meat) · pdt Rebb (curved bone) · de Stängel (stalk of celery) · ota دستك (architecture: projecting member) · pt caverna (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · bg жилка (botany: prominent vein in a leaf) · de Strebe (part similar to rib) · hy կող (curved bone) · nrf côte (curved bone) · uk ребро́ (curved bone) · yi ריפּ (curved bone) · lb Rëpp (curved bone) · fr femme (archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman) · af rib (curved bone) · fi kylkiluu (archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman) · arz ضلع (curved bone) · fr moitié (archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman) · el πλευρό (curved bone) · gl costeleta (cut of meat) · el πλευρά (curved bone) · kmr perasû (curved bone) · el πείραγμα (teasing joke) · mi whakatara (teasing joke) · fr côtelette (cut of meat) · fi ruoti (botany: prominent vein in a leaf) · vi sườn (curved bone) · lo ດູກຂ້າງ (curved bone) · fi kaari (part similar to rib) · ja 肋骨 (curved bone) · inh пӏенда (curved bone) · nl rib (curved bone) · eo ripo (curved bone) · fi härnäys (teasing joke) · he צלע (curved bone) · de Rippchen (cut of meat) · ms tulang rusuk (curved bone) · mi katea (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · shn လုပ်ႇၶၢင်ႈ (curved bone) · it madiere (nautical: part of a ship’s framework) · nds Ribb (curved bone) · wa coisse (cut of meat) · my နံရိုး (curved bone) · msk gosok (curved bone) · min rusuak (curved bone) · sv revbensspjäll (cut of meat) · kk қабырға (curved bone) · ro coastă (curved bone)