different between dike vs rike

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

dike (plural dikes)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.

Verb

dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
   • {quote-journal|en|date=1996 September 27|author=Michael Miner|url=https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=1996/960927/HOTTYPE%7Ctitle=WVON Won't Take the Bait|work=The Chicago Reader|text=Lakeside water-filtration plants, an 11,000-acre diked airport east of 55th Street, slash-and-bulldoze highway projects through Jackson and Lincoln parks—these and many another grandiose project leapt from the sketchbooks of city planners.}}
   • {quote-book|en|date=2001 November 16, Karen F. Schmidt|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/294/5546/1444%7Cdoi=10.1126/science.294.5546.1444%7Ctitle=Ecology: A True-Blue Vision for the Danube|work=Science|volume=294|issue=5546|pages=1444-1447|text=In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.}}

Etymology 2

Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.

Verb

dike (third-person singular simple present dikes, present participle diking, simple past and past participle diked)

1. (US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.

Derived terms

• diked out
• diked up

Noun

dike (plural dikes)

1. (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
2. (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.

Derived terms

• out on a dike

Etymology 3

See dyke.

Noun

dike (plural dikes)

1. Alternative form of dyke: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary. "dike, n.² and v.²".
• Oxford English Dictionary. "dike | dyke, n.³".

Anagrams

• IDEK, idek

Esperanto

Adverb

dike

1. thickly

Lindu

Noun

dike

1. dog

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse díki, from Proto-Germanic *d?kij?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eyg?- (whence also English ditch).

Noun

dike n

1. ditch; a small canal, for irrigation or drainage

   Han körde i diket med sin nya bil.

   He went off the road with (ditched) his new car.

Usage notes

• The phrase "köra i diket" (to ditch) is used also when there's no ditch.

Declension

Related terms

• dika
• dika ut
• dikesgrävning
• dikeskant
• dikeskörning
• dikesren
• dikning
• köra i diket
• täckdike
• utdikning

References

• dike in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English rike, From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *r?kij?, from Proto-Germanic *r?ks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s. Cognate with Danish rige, Dutch rijk, German Reich and Swedish rike (“kingdom, realm, land, empire, country”).

Noun

rike (plural rikes)

1. (historical) sovereignty, dominion, authority
2. (historical) The territory over which authority extends, a kingdom, an earldom, a diocese, district, city, and so forth.

Etymology 2

Results from the difficulty of pronouncing the phoneme /l/ for L1 speakers of many Far East languages.

Verb

rike (third-person singular simple present rikes, present participle riking, simple past and past participle riked)

1. (Far East) Pronunciation spelling of like.

Anagrams

• Erik, Keir, Keri, Kier, keir, keri, kier

Finnish

(index ri)

Etymology

Derived from the verb rikkoa (“to break”) +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rike?/, [?rike?(?)]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification: ri?ke

Noun

rike

1. (law) minor offence/offense, misdemeanor, infraction
2. (sports) foul

Declension

Related terms

• rikos

Compounds

• rikesakko

Anagrams

• Erik, keri, reki

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch r?ki, from Proto-West Germanic *r?k?, from Proto-Germanic *r?kij?.

Noun

rike n

1. lordship, dominion
2. realm

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: rijk
• Limburgish: riek

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch r?ki, from Proto-West Germanic *r?k?, from Proto-Germanic *r?kijaz.

Adjective

rike

1. powerful, mighty
2. important
3. rich

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: rijk
• Limburgish: riek

Further reading

• “rike (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “rike (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “rike (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “rike (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *r?kij?, from Proto-Germanic *r?ks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s. Cognate with Dutch rijk and German Reich.

Noun

rike

1. sovereignty, dominion, authority
2. kingdom, earldom

   For al þis rike A ded knyght wald I noght strike. — Seven Sages, a1425

Related terms

• riken

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural of rik

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríki

Noun

rike n (definite singular riket, indefinite plural riker, definite plural rika or rikene)

1. an empire
2. a realm
3. a kingdom (see also kongerike)

Derived terms

References

• “rike” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ri?k?/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ríki

Noun

rike n (definite singular riket, indefinite plural rike, definite plural rika)

1. an empire
2. a realm
3. a kingdom (see also kongerike)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural of rik

References

• “rike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• krei, reik, reki

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *r?kij?, from Proto-Germanic *r?ks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s. Cognate with Dutch rijk and German Reich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ri??k?/

Adjective

rike

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of rik.

Noun

rike n

1. a realm, kingdom, empire, nation

   De båda rikena skola hafwa twå gemensamma huvudmynt.

   The two kingdoms shall have two common main currencies. (Sweden and Norway, two realms united under one king, 1814-1905)

2. a kingdom (animal, plant) of biological classification

Declension

Usage notes

• (definite form "riket" to mean Sweden) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.

Compounds

Anagrams

• Erik