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rib
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?b, IPA(key): /??b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Etymology 1
From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribj? (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reb?- (“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.
Noun
rib (plural ribs)
- (anatomy) 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.
- (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- (botany) 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.
- (archaic, literary or humorous) A wife or woman.
- 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales
- 'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'
- 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rib (third-person singular simple present ribs, present participle ribbing, simple past and past participle ribbed)
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).
Noun
rib (plural ribs)
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
Further reading
- rib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- BIR, BRI, Bri, IBR, IRB, RBI
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: rib
Etymology 1
From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribj?.
Noun
rib (plural ribbe, diminutive ribbetjie)
- (anatomy) rib
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribj?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?p/
- Hyphenation: rib
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
rib m (plural ribben, diminutive ribje n)
- rib
- a truss (wooden frame)
Derived terms
- ribbenkast
- ribstuk
- scheepsrib
Descendants
- Afrikaans: rib
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From ribe (“hair, blade, tape”)
Verb
rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)
- trap, ensnare
Related terms
- ribe
Slovene
Noun
rib
- genitive dual/plural of riba
Yapese
Adverb
rib
- very
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /?ip?/
- Tone numbers: rib8
- Hyphenation: rib
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *C?.lep? (“fingernail; toenail”). Cognate with Thai ???? (lép), Lao ???? (lep), Shan ????? (n??p), Ahom ???????????????? (lip), Saek ?????.
Noun
rib (Sawndip forms ???? or ????, old orthography rib)
- nail (on fingers and toes)
- Synonym: (dialectal) gyaep
- claw; talon
- Synonym: nyauj
- hoof
- Synonym: ve
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
rib (old orthography rib)
- to clean up; to tidy up
- to confiscate
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hypochondrium
English
Etymology
From New Latin hypochondrium, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (hupokhóndrion, “the soft part of the body below the cartilage and above the navel”), from ??? (hupó, “below”) + ??????? (khóndros, “cartilage”).
Noun
hypochondrium (plural hypochondria)
- (anatomy) The upper region of the abdomen, below the lower ribs, each side of the epigastrium.
Translations
Further reading
- hypochondrium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- hypochondrium in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- hypochondrium at OneLook Dictionary Search
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