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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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ogive
English
Etymology
From late Middle English, from Middle French augive/ogive. Doublet of ogee.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????a?v/, /???d?a?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o??a?v/, /?o?d?a?v/
Noun
ogive (plural ogives)
- (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
- (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
- (ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
- (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
Related terms
- ogee
- ogival
Translations
Further reading
- ogive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pointed arch (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- vogie
French
Alternative forms
- augive (obsolete)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin [Term?], from Latin aug?re, as the ogive goes on increasing, and the arch it forms increases the strength of the vault. In Old French we find the phrase arc ogif, itself from Latin arcus augivus. The word was also written as augive in the 17th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.?iv/
Noun
ogive f (plural ogives)
- (architecture) diagonal rib, ogive
- (military) nose cone (of missile)
Derived terms
- croisée d'ogives
- ogive nucléaire
Descendants
- English: ogee
References
- Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy
Further reading
- “ogive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
ogive f
- plural of ogiva
Anagrams
- Giove
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