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rice en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

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 have 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.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
    • Rice is a tropical plant; yet Carolina and Georgia grow the finest in the world; heavier grained, better filled, and more merchantable, than any imported into Europe from the Indies. 1831, Daniel Jay Browne, The Naturalist, volume 1, page 375:
    • Drought stress causes yield reductions and sometimes total crop failures in rainfed rice areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 1982, International Rice Research Institute, Drought Resistance in Crops with Emphasis on Rice:
    • Rice transformed with genes encoding human CYP1a1, CYP2B6, and CYP2C19 are more tolerant of various herbicides than non-transgenic rice plants, due to increased metabolism by the introduced P450 enzymes [Kawwahigashi et al. 2005a, 2007, 2008; James et al. 2008]. 2014, V. S. Rao, Transgenic Herbicide Resistance in Plants:
  2. (countable) A specific variety of this plant.
    • The rices of Kashmír are infinite in variety. In one tahsíl I have found fifty-three varieties. 1895, Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, The Valley of Kashmír:
    • First, we have the Italian rices; secondly, the rices of the French colonies of Indo-China and Madagascar, which are beginning to cultivate rices of very fine quality, altogether superior to those that were cultivated only a few years back. 1922 April 14, L. Humbert, “America Has Hard Competition in France”, in Rice Journal and Southern Farmer, volume 25, number 4:
    • For commercial purposes, the rices are classified according to the kernel length as short-grain, medium-grain, longgrain and long-slender-grain. 2000, R.K Singh, U.S. Singh, G.S. Khush, editors, Aromatic Rices:
  3. (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
    • In sum, when a modern Japanese family and its members sit around the supper table eating their bowls of Japanese-grown rice, they are not simply indulging a gastronomic preference for short-grained and slightly sticky japonica rice over long-grained indica rice from Thailand. 1998, Noreen G. Dowling, Sustainability of Rice in the Global Food System:
    • Mold boiled rice, when hot, in cups which have been previously dipped in cold water; when cold, turn them out on a flat dish, arranging them uniformly; then with a tea-spoon scoop out a little of the rice from the top of each cone, and put in its place any kind of jelly. 1881, Mary Foote Henderson, Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving:
    • On the festival day, rice is cooked together with this rice knot above. 2010, S. D. Sharma, Rice: Origin, Antiquity and History:
    • In Britain too rice is reputed to increase the sexual faculties. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 207:
  4. (countable, uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food. ▸ The seeds of wild rice, used as food.
    • We shoot bows and arrows. We hunt, fish, paddle canoes, have war dances, ride horses, run, jump, gather rice, gather berries, throw spears, rock cradles, worship the Great Spirit, grind corn, have council meetings, and perform dozens of other activities that Indians do. 1933, Roy J. McMurray, The Journal of Health and Physical Education, volume 4, number October 1933, page 48:
  5. (ethnic, humorous, slang, slur, uncountable) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
  6. (countable, slang, uncountable) An instance of customization of a user interface.
    • This is my first rice!

Forms

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Deriveds

like white on rice · rice cracker · peas and rice · rice hen · rice cooker · sweet fermented rice · rice and chessboard problem · rice ball · rice queen · artificial rice · rice bag · white on rice · ricelike · white rice · cook-up rice · rice weevil · cheese and rice · rice malt · omu rice · rice hull · Mexican rice · rice flakes · rice bowl · arborio rice · ricefish · ricefield · rice noodle · red yeast rice · hungry rice · rice paddle · pudding rice · longevity rice · ricer · rice stick · rice tenrec · ricecel · rice paper · glorified rice · Hainanese chicken rice · rice rocket · taco rice · rice milk · baby rice · rice hat · rice chaser · rice congee · wild rice · long rice · rice eater · rice flower · rice mill · rice field · claypot rice · Coues' rice rat · mealie rice · rice-eater · oily rice · ant rice · rice vinegar · Spanish rice · brown rice · rice-queen · fried rice · rice rat · rice water · cauliflower rice · rice-paper plant · economy rice · rice Christian · rice cake · rice nigger · ricemeal · rice shell · hom mali rice · flattened rice · riceland · rice box · rice swift · rice cutgrass · rice-spirit · iron rice bowl · rice husker · rice king · rice glue · northern wild rice · rice out · ricey · purple rice · ricegrower · rice wine · brewer's rice · polished rice · Indian rice · rice steamer · rice paddy · rice leafhopper · jollof rice · rice moth · rice car · rice biscuit · rice and peas · thunder tea rice · black rice · rice burner · rice bean · rice beer · rice-cracker · mountain rice · nonrice · fried rice syndrome · rice pounder · rice stitch · Manchurian wild rice · rice grass · African rice · puffed rice · rice blast · rice growing · rice husk · forbidden rice · brewers' rice · rice pudding · rice sheath mite · rice paddy herb · ricegrass · dirty rice · rice-mill · riceburger · Italian rice ball · broken rice · Patna rice · omu-rice · golden rice · ricebird · Arborio rice · hanging rice · French rice · rice huller · sticky rice · riceless · special fried rice · riceroot · rice vermicelli · Japanese rice ball · rice flour

Descendants

rɛs · raihi · laiki · ライス · rais · raes · rais · rais · rais

Holonyms

pilaf · rangoli · idli · tahdig · bhelpuri · samshu · mochi · jambalaya · rijsttafel · pad thai · mirin · onigiri · sushi · pilau · risotto · gumbo · nasi goreng · dosa · California roll · sake · khir · paella

Hyponyms

chipped rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · jasmine rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · fermented glutinous rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · combination fried rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · converted rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · mixed rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Vietnamese fermented sweet rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · cooked rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · longevity rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · pearl rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · this this rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Champa rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · scorched rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · botan rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · red beans and rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Thai fermented rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Chinese sweet fermented rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · fermented rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · golden rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Thai fermented sweet rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · jungle rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · arborio (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · uncooked rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · rice and beans (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Camargue red rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Vietnamese fermented glutinous rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Thai sweet fermented rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · white rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Yangzhou fried rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · mochi rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · corn rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Chinese fermented sweet rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · sushi rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · sweet rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · samba rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Bhutanese red rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · pounded rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · glutinous rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · rice porridge (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · carnaroli (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · two-dish rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · brown rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Patna rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Chinese fermented rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · basmati rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · beans and rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Vietnamese fermented sticky rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · disco rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Ambemohar (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · fermented sticky rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · beaten rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · sweet rice wine (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · waxy rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · fermented sweet rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · basmati (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · sticky rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · black rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · sticky rice wine (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · red rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · aromatic rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · pressed rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · bora saul (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · chicken rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · purple rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · Calrose rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · unhusked rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun)) · flattened rice (Hyponyms of rice (noun))

Translations (532)

wuu(seeds used as food) · rhg soil (plants) · fi riisi (plants) · sh ríža (seeds used as food) · tr düğü (seeds used as food) · be рыс (seeds used as food) · zh 米飯 /米饭 (seeds used as food) · jv uwos (seeds used as food) · oc ris (plants) · kk күріш (plants) · tkl alaiha (plants) · mt ross (plants) · te వరి (plants) · km បាយ (seeds used as food) · so bariis (seeds used as food) · os пырындз (seeds used as food) · nds Ries (plants) · vec rixo (seeds used as food) · rop rais (plants) · zh 白飯 /白饭 (seeds used as food) · iso osikapa (plants) · to laise (seeds used as food) · cuk oros (seeds used as food) · eu arroz (seeds used as food) · sh pìrinač (plants) · sq oriz (plants) · ks تۆمُل (seeds used as food) · kjj ппарынцӏ (seeds used as food) · bdr buas (seeds used as food) · udi бириндз (plants) · tsg pay (plants) · gl arrós (plants) · jv sego (seeds used as food) · gd rus (seeds used as food) · bqi برنج (seeds used as food) · lmy kadodo (seeds used as food) · mi raihi (plants) · kxd nasi (seeds used as food) · uz gurunch (plants) · za haeux (plants) · tr pirinç (seeds used as food) · fr riz (plants) · he אורז \ אֹרֶז (plants) · ja ご飯 (seeds used as food) · vi cơm (seeds used as food) · haw laiki (seeds used as food) · tt дөге (seeds used as food) · kk күріш (seeds used as food) · mel padai (plants) · yo ìrẹsì (plants) · war paray (plants) · krc cez (seeds used as food) · fa چِلُوْ (seeds used as food) · yue(plants) · sm alaisa (plants) · kbd прунж (plants) · id beras (seeds used as food) · hu rizs (seeds used as food) · br riz (seeds used as food) · ps وريژې (seeds used as food) · qu arus (seeds used as food) · vi(plants) · hy բրինձ (plants) · sw mpunga (seeds used as food) · paw rikiispiiruus (seeds used as food) · min atah (seeds used as food) · id nasi (seeds used as food) · pam abias (seeds used as food) · vo risataplan (plants) · ce дуга (seeds used as food) · tg биринҷ (plants) · km ស្រូវ (plants) · la orȳza (plants) · uz guruch (seeds used as food) · ga rís (seeds used as food) · rw umuceri (plants) · pa ਜੀਰੀ (plants) · tay pagay (plants) · vi gạo (seeds used as food) · ace breuëh (seeds used as food) · sh пѝринач (seeds used as food) · ceb humáy (plants) · pi odano (seeds used as food) · ram arỳjhy (seeds used as food) · ko(seeds used as food) · min bareh (seeds used as food) · mr तांदुळ (seeds used as food) · ar رُزّ (seeds used as food) · ms beras (seeds used as food) · ii(seeds used as food) · ilo bagás (seeds used as food) · msk bugas (seeds used as food) · sh пѝринач (plants) · jje ᄊᆞᆯ (seeds used as food) · yo ìrẹsì (seeds used as food) · yue 飯 /饭 (seeds used as food) · su béas (seeds used as food) · uk риж (plants) · dlm rize (seeds used as food) · ln loso (plants) · bn ধান (seeds used as food) · fy rys (seeds used as food) · pa چول (seeds used as food) · wo tiep (seeds used as food) · txb klu (seeds used as food) · ee mɔlu (plants) · mel nasek (seeds used as food) · sh pìrinač (seeds used as food) · shn ၶဝ်ႈ (seeds used as food) · sg loso (seeds used as food) · zh 飯 /饭 (seeds used as food) · eo rizoplanto (plants) · si හාල් (seeds used as food) · nv alóós (plants) · akl paeay (plants) · cs rýže (plants) · nb ris (plants) · mt ross (seeds used as food) · eo rizo (plants) · vi lúa (plants) · lv rīss (plants) · be рыс (plants) · mnc ᠪᡠᡩ᠋ᠠ (seeds used as food) · yue 白飯 /白饭 (seeds used as food) · ti ሩዝ (plants) · ms nasi (seeds used as food) · kok तांदुळ (seeds used as food) · sl riž (seeds used as food) · ady пындж (seeds used as food) · ml ചോറ് (seeds used as food) · xsr འབྲའ (plants) · ilo inapúy (seeds used as food) · ur پُلاؤ (seeds used as food) · ar أَرُزّ (seeds used as food) · sm alaisa (seeds used as food) · tet etu (seeds used as food) · ps چلو (seeds used as food) · kw ris (plants) · ur بِرَنْج (seeds used as food) · gd rìs (seeds used as food) · bzj rais (plants) · kjj ппарынцӏ (plants) · mnc ᡥᠠᠨᡩᡠ (plants) · mdh emay (seeds used as food) · pag bëlas niluto (seeds used as food) · hi भात (plants) · ady пыдж (seeds used as food) · ee molu (plants) · gmh rīs (plants) · wo malo (plants) · hi भात (seeds used as food) · ms padi (plants) · zh быйми (seeds used as food) · kaw pari (plants) · acm تمن (seeds used as food) · pa ਚਾਵਲ (seeds used as food) · be рыж (plants) · sa तण्डुल (plants) · nds Ries (seeds used as food) · xbr uhu (seeds used as food) · mnw ပုၚ် (seeds used as food) · mdh begas (seeds used as food) · ar روز (seeds used as food) · mi raihi (seeds used as food) · bcl bagas (seeds used as food) · zh(seeds used as food) · uk рис (seeds used as food) · zh дозы (plants) · ki mũceere (seeds used as food) · my ထမင်း (seeds used as food) · or ଚାଉଳ (seeds used as food) · wyi garn (seeds used as food) · ar رز (plants) · oty 𑀅𑀭𑀺𑀘𑀺 (seeds used as food) · ky шалы (seeds used as food) · si බත් (seeds used as food) · hi चावल (plants) · syl ꠌꠣꠃꠟ (seeds used as food) · mvv parai (plants) · jje(seeds used as food) · zu layisi (plants) · ln loso (seeds used as food) · hi तंडुल (seeds used as food) · to laise (plants) · ko(seeds used as food) · it riso (plants) · nup cèǹkafa (plants) · gl arrós (seeds used as food) · tl palay (plants) · ar رز (plants) · pam abyas (seeds used as food) · hi पुलाव (seeds used as food) · mey مارو (plants) · kxd padi (plants) · az düyü (seeds used as food) · sd چانور (seeds used as food) · ca arròs (seeds used as food) · tk şaly (plants) · om ruuzii (plants) · ab апрынџь (seeds used as food) · hu rizs (plants) · ro orez (seeds used as food) · szl ryż (plants) · grc ὄρυζα (seeds used as food) · cyo paray (plants) · unm pèhpastèk (plants) · ttt bürünc (seeds used as food) · kmr birinc (plants) · fo rís (plants) · kzj naig (plants) · ja(seeds used as food) · bo འབྲས (plants) · el όρυζα (plants) · syl ꠜꠣꠔ (seeds used as food) · ta அரிசி (seeds used as food) · iba padi (plants) · jv pari (plants) · xmf ბრინჯი (plants) · uz sholi (plants) · frr ris (seeds used as food) · ml അരി (seeds used as food) · tet hare (plants) · nn ris (plants) · oc ris (seeds used as food) · su sangu (seeds used as food) · tsg bugas (plants) · mn цагаан будаа (seeds used as food) · kea arrôs (plants) · bo འབྲས (seeds used as food) · id padi (plants) · sh ríža (plants) · wuu 飯 /饭 (seeds used as food) · af rys (seeds used as food) · tli kóox (plants) · dyu malo (plants) · hak 禾仔 (seeds used as food) · lt rỹžis (seeds used as food) · aeb رُوزْ (plants) · mn тутарга (plants) · tly bırz (seeds used as food) · dv ބަތް (seeds used as food) · hi धान (plants) · zh ми (seeds used as food) · mn цагаан будаа (plants) · th ข้าว (plants) · kxd baras (seeds used as food) · sh ри́жа (plants) · km អង្ករ (seeds used as food) · ks دانہِ (plants) · ts rhayisi (plants) · yue(seeds used as food) · hi धान (seeds used as food) · sw mpunga (plants) · zh 稻子 (plants) · sa व्रीहि (seeds used as food) · alt рис (plants) · de Reis (plants) · ivb inapuy (seeds used as food) · rif arruz (plants) · ff maaro (seeds used as food) · nl rijst (plants) · aoz ane (seeds used as food) · bm malo (plants) · ar روز (plants) · izh riissu (plants) · syl ꠗꠣꠘ (plants) · mba bugas (seeds used as food) · bg ори́з (plants) · yo ráìsì (plants) · bcl paroy (plants) · av пиринчӏ (seeds used as food) · tg биринҷ (seeds used as food) · de Reis (seeds used as food) · sh ри́жа (seeds used as food) · fa بِرِنْج (plants) · tft bira (seeds used as food) · kea arôs (plants) · cyo begas kanen (seeds used as food) · ne चामल (plants) · ab абрынџь (plants) · pt arroz (seeds used as food) · fa چَلَوْ (seeds used as food) · xh irayisi (plants) · fj kakana (seeds used as food) · cy reis (plants) · dv ހަނޑޫ (seeds used as food) · khb ᦃᧁᧉ (plants) · hi चावल (seeds used as food) · kok शीत (seeds used as food) · my ဆန် (seeds used as food) · rsk рискаша (seeds used as food) · za haeux (seeds used as food) · ka ბრინჯი (seeds used as food) · bni loso (seeds used as food) · hi बिरंज (seeds used as food) · lmy wiha (seeds used as food) · ivb paray (plants) · az düyü (plants) · av пиринчӏ (plants) · ru рис (plants) · vo risat (seeds used as food) · bft برس (plants) · pl ryż gotowany (seeds used as food) · xmf ორზა (seeds used as food) · ab апрынџь (plants) · mr भात (plants) · ceb bugas kan-on (seeds used as food) · wym ryź (plants) · ko 진지 (seeds used as food) · bn ভাত (seeds used as food) · iba beras (seeds used as food) · mk ориз (plants) · tk bürünç (plants) · oj waabanoomin (seeds used as food) · yi רײַז (seeds used as food) · mdh palay (seeds used as food) · sl riž (plants) · el ρύζι (seeds used as food) · ha shìnkāfā (plants) · szl ryż (seeds used as food) · nfr malo (plants) · rif aṛṛuẓ (seeds used as food) · uby p̒irinǰ (plants) · lt rỹžis (plants) · rcf ri (seeds used as food) · ur چاوَل (seeds used as food) · uk риж (seeds used as food) · te అన్నము (seeds used as food) · ka ბრინჯი (plants) · os пыры́ндз (plants) · sq oriz (seeds used as food) · fr riz (seeds used as food) · mrw begas (seeds used as food) · tet foos (seeds used as food) · lv rīss (seeds used as food) · acx عيش (plants) · ast arroz (plants) · wym ryź (seeds used as food) · lv rīsi (seeds used as food) · lo ເຂົ້າ (seeds used as food) · om ruuzii (seeds used as food) · nn ris (seeds used as food) · fo rís (seeds used as food) · ja ライス (seeds used as food) · war lu-to (seeds used as food) · chk rais (seeds used as food) · mn будаа (plants) · mel beraih (seeds used as food) · vo risat (plants) · xdq бири́мж (seeds used as food) · sat ᱫᱟᱠᱟ (seeds used as food) · hil bugas (seeds used as food) · kg lôso (seeds used as food) · ja(plants) · hi बिरयानी (seeds used as food) · abq прунджь (plants) · kbd прунж (seeds used as food) · shn ၶဝ်ႈ (plants) · am ሩዝ (plants) · mbb beɣas (seeds used as food) · tk tüwi (plants) · ota برنج (plants) · mww mov (seeds used as food) · cy reis (seeds used as food) · oj manoomin (seeds used as food) · mg angeky (seeds used as food) · he אורז \ אֹרֶז (seeds used as food) · lez дуьгуь (seeds used as food) · ja(seeds used as food) · jv sekul (seeds used as food) · syl ꠗꠣꠘ (seeds used as food) · pt arroz (plants) · pam pale (plants) · yi רײַז (plants) · vec rixo (plants) · ml നെല്ല് (plants) · ckb برنج (seeds used as food) · lv rīsi (seeds used as food) · co risu (plants) · as ধান (seeds used as food) · mba humay (plants) · ar رز (seeds used as food) · izh riissu (seeds used as food) · hi तंडुल (plants) · pl ryż (plants) · la oryza (seeds used as food) · xmf ბრინჯი (seeds used as food) · or ଚାଉଳ (plants) · ta நெல் (plants) · uk рис (plants) · apj alalóos (seeds used as food) · fa بِرِنْج (plants) · cdo(seeds used as food) · uby p̒irinǰ (seeds used as food) · ro orez (plants) · rcf dori (seeds used as food) · es arroz (plants) · pag pagëy (plants) · sv ris (seeds used as food) · mr भात (seeds used as food) · ia ris (seeds used as food) · tk bürünç (seeds used as food) · pa ਮੁੰਜੀ (plants) · sw mchele (seeds used as food) · ab абрынџь (seeds used as food) · lmy pare (plants) · or ଭାତ (seeds used as food) · roa-tar rise (seeds used as food) · eu arroz (plants) · ar رزة (seeds used as food) · it riso (seeds used as food) · kri rɛs (plants) · et riis (plants) · arc ܪܘܙܐ (plants) · mg vary (plants) · bg ори́з (seeds used as food) · pam nasi (seeds used as food) · bn ভাত (plants) · ca arròs (plants) · ff 𞤥𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮 (seeds used as food) · ko(plants) · as ভাত (seeds used as food) · ak ɛmo (plants) · sk ryža (plants) · sit-jap mbrɤz (seeds used as food) · ba дөгө (plants) · lb Räis (seeds used as food) · rsk ришкаша (seeds used as food) · pdt Riess (seeds used as food) · tr düğü (plants) · hil humáy (plants) · pa ਚੌਲ (seeds used as food) · lez прунз (plants) · tl bigas (seeds used as food) · udi бириндз (seeds used as food) · et riis (seeds used as food) · tr pilav (seeds used as food) · mn тутарга (seeds used as food) · acm تمن (plants) · ar رُزّ (plants) · gl arroz (seeds used as food) · rhg dán (seeds used as food) · zh фан (seeds used as food) · te వడ్లు (seeds used as food) · ast arroz (seeds used as food) · so bariis (plants) · zh(plants) · ru рис (seeds used as food) · ivb yata (unhusked) (seeds used as food) · fa پُلُو (seeds used as food) · tsg humay (seeds used as food) · fa بِرِنْج (seeds used as food) · chc kus sarak taaktce (plants) · da ris (seeds used as food) · cs rýže (seeds used as food) · ur چاوَل (plants) · ar أَرُزّ (plants) · khb ᦃᧁᧉ (seeds used as food) · qu arus (plants) · xdq бири́мж (plants) · ar عيش (plants) · kn ಅಕ್ಕಿ (seeds used as food) · idu osikapa (plants) · is hrísgrjón (seeds used as food) · is hrís (plants) · aii ܪܘܼܙܵܐ (plants) · te బియ్యం (seeds used as food) · st raese (seeds used as food) · ar رز (plants) · my စပါး (plants) · da ris (plants) · jje 나록 (plants) · ig osikapa (plants) · mk ориз (seeds used as food) · ug گۈرۈچ (seeds used as food) · as চাউল (seeds used as food) · fy rys (plants) · lo ເຂົ້າ (plants) · af rys (plants) · kmr birinc (seeds used as food) · abq прунджь (seeds used as food) · st raese (plants) · sv ris (plants) · dsb rajs (seeds used as food) · fi riisikasvi (plants) · eo rizo (seeds used as food) · mg vary (seeds used as food) · nb ris (seeds used as food) · km ស្រូវ (seeds used as food) · fa بِرِنْج (seeds used as food) · ky күрүч (seeds used as food) · sk ryža (seeds used as food) · nrf riz (plants) · hy բրինձ (seeds used as food) · arc ܐܘܪܘܙܐ (seeds used as food) · ilo innapúy (seeds used as food) · lad arroz (seeds used as food) · esu paraluruaq (plants) · ady пындж (plants) · zlw-opl ryż (seeds used as food)

wikidata: Q5090 · wikidata: Q5090

rice en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

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 have 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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
    • Following ricing, the potato mash proceeds to the drum drier where flaking is done. 1961, Potato Chipper, volume 21, page 88:
    • Last night I riced the potatoes and added in the cream and butter while they were hot, so today wll we have to do is add flour and roll them out. 2015, Lorna Seilstad, As Love Blooms (The Gregory Sisters Book #3): A Novel:
    • Riced Potato. Have a flat dish and the colander hot. With a spoon, rub mashed potato through the colander on to the hot dish. 1881, Maria Parloa, Miss Parloa's New Cook Book: A Guide to Marketing and Cooking:
  2. (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
    • In northern Minnesota the whites have invented the verb "to rice," and speak of "ricing," i. e., harvesting the crop of wild rice. 1894, John Merle Coulter, Botanical Gazette, page 505:
    • When ricing, the Ojibway dress warmly at first; by midday they may shed some clothes as harvest toil combines with the hot sun of late summer to warm them. 1988, Thomas Vennum, Wild rice and the Ojibway people:
    • As it was, the Indian seldom bothered to harvest wild rice on public waters after opening day of the ricing season. 2002, David Laursen, A Capital Place: Reminiscences of a Sandy Lake Boyhood:
  3. (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
    • So far as I can make out, the idiotic function of “ricing” English brides and bridegrooms is not twenty years old. 1886 July 24, “Echoes of the Week”, in The Illustrated London News, volume 89, page 90:
    • As the reception ended the two newlyweds were riced to death and fled into an awaiting getaway car and drove off...followed by a stream of tin cans. 2006, Timothy Lee, Billy: A Gay Trilogy:
    • The couple was well riced and sent on their way. 2002, Helen Argers, The Gilded Lily:
  4. (transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)

Forms

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rices Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
riced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
riced Tense=Past lexicographic
ricing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (2)

pl uprawiać dziki ryż (to harvest wild rice) · oj manoominike (to harvest wild rice)

rice en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, dialectal) A twig or stick.
    • "Gilbert White, the well-known naturalist, in a letter dated Selborne, Oct. 4th, 1775, says, 'Our people here, you know, call coppice-wood or hedge-wood rice or rise. Is this word still in use in that neighbourhood? And is it also known in Surrey?" 1881 July 16, Notes and Queries (6), volume 6:
    • To guard the bank from the impression of the water, a fence, OF STAKE AND RICE, may be made along the bottom of it next the sea, which will last till the surface on that side is sufficiently swarded, and the mound properly consolidated. 1834, John Johnstone, A systematic treatise on the theory and practice of draining land:
    • Another form of dead-hedge is the stake-and-rice, and it is formed of the branches of forest trees; and where these are plentiful and thorns scarce, it is an economical dead fence. 1851, Henry Stephens, The Book of the Farm, volume 1:
  2. (obsolete) A bobbin or spool.
    • The hanks are placed upon light, collapsible hexagon reels termed rices, which are easily lifted out of their position for the reception of the hank. 1895, Richard Marsden, Cotton Weaving: Its Development, Principles, and Practice:
    • Swift (rice) Skein holder, hank holder. 1977, Marianne Straub, Hand weaving and cloth design:
    • […] taken unlawfully from the same house five "machines called 'Engine-Weaving Loomes' worth thirty pounds, and two ounces of silke worth five shillings, and two joynt-stooles worth three shillings, and a pair of 'Rices to wind silke on' worth four shillings […] 1892, John Cordy Jeaffreson, editor, Middlesex County Records, volume 4:

Forms

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rices Number=Plur lexicographic
rise alternative lexicographic

Relateds

risewood · rise-wood