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rice
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ????? (óruza), which see for more information.
Noun
rice (countable and uncountable, plural rices)
- (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
- (countable) A specific variety of this plant.
- (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
- (uncountable, slang, ethnic slur, humorous) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
Hyponyms
Holonyms
Coordinate terms
- (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rice (third-person singular simple present rices, present participle ricing, simple past and past participle riced)
- (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
- (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)
- (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
- (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment.
Etymology 2
From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hr?s (“branch; twig”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?s? (“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.
Alternative forms
- rise
Noun
rice (plural rices)
- (now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.
- (weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool.
Related terms
- rise-wood/risewood
Anagrams
- ERIC, Eric, cire, eric, icer
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?it?s?/, [?r?it?s?]
Verb
rice
- third-person plural present of rica?
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *r?kij?, from Proto-Celtic *r?giom (“kingdom”), derived from *r?xs (“king”). Cognate with Old Frisian r?ke, Old Saxon r?ki, Old Dutch r?ki, Old High German r?hhi, Old Norse ríki, Gothic ???????????????????? (reiki). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin r?x.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ri?.t??e/
Noun
r??e n
- kingdom, empire
- authority, dominion
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- r??en
- r?csian
Descendants
- Middle English: ryche, riche
- English: riche
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *r?k?, from Proto-Germanic *r?kijaz, from *r?kij?.
Related to Old Frisian r?ke (West Frisian ryk), Old Saxon r?ki (Low German riek), Old Dutch r?ki (Dutch rijk), Old High German r?hhi (German reich), Old Norse ríkr (Swedish rik), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (reikeis).
Adjective
r??e
- rich
- powerful
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: rike
- English: rich, riche
- Scots: rik
See also
- r?csian
Old French
Adjective
rice m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rice)
- (Picardy) Alternative form of riche
Spanish
Verb
rice
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rizar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rizar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rizar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of rizar.
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china
English
Alternative forms
- China (generally dated)
- (dialectal): chiney, cheny, cheney, chenea, chainy, chaney, chany, chaynee, chayney, cheenie, cheeny, chainé
Etymology
From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of china-ware and via this sense of Persian ???? (ch?n?) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?t?a?n?/
- (UK, obsolete) IPA(key): /?t?e?n?/, /?t?i?n?/
- Rhymes: -a?n?
Noun
china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)
- (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
- (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, p. 41:
- They sell Callicoes, Cheney Sattin, Cheney ware.
- 1653, Henry Cogan translating Fernão Mendes Pinto as The Voyages and Adventures of Fernand Mendez Pinto, p. 206:
- ...a Present of certain very rich Pieces of China.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, p. 41:
- (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
- 1921 May 11, "Edison Questions Stir Up a Storm", New York Times:
- What is porcelain? A fine earthenware differing from china in being harder, whiter, harder to fuse and more translucent than ordinary pottery.
- 1921 May 11, "Edison Questions Stir Up a Storm", New York Times:
- (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
- 1790, Alexander Wilson, Poems, p. 55:
- ...And then the last boon I'll implore,
Is to bless us with China so tight...
- ...And then the last boon I'll implore,
- 1790, Alexander Wilson, Poems, p. 55:
- (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
- 1844, Jane Loudon, The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden, 3rd ed., p. 344:
- Rosa indica (the common China); Rosa semperflorens (the monthly China).
- 1844, Jane Loudon, The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden, 3rd ed., p. 344:
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of friend.
- 1880, Daniel William Barrett, Life and Work among the Navvies, 2nd ed., p. 41:
- ‘Now, then, my china-plate...’ This is essentially a brick~layer's phrase. If for ‘china-plate’ you substitute ‘mate’,... the puzzle is revealed.
- 1925, Edward Fraser & al., Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases, p. 53:
- China, or Old China: chum.
- 1880, Daniel William Barrett, Life and Work among the Navvies, 2nd ed., p. 41:
- (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
- 1907, Yesterday's Shopping, p. 1:
- Tea... Finest China, Plain (Moning).
- 1907, Yesterday's Shopping, p. 1:
- (countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
- 1932 March, Dan Beard, "New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles", Boys' Life, p. 27:
- The marbles, in those days, had their primitive names. The unglazed china ones were called plasters because they looked like plaster; the glazed china marbles were called chinas. I remember how charming were the partly colored lines which encircled them.
- 1932 March, Dan Beard, "New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles", Boys' Life, p. 27:
- (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
- 2010, Carmine Appice, Drums for Everyone, p. 78:
- China cymbals are a type of short sound cymbal. [Brand X] makes chinas with really short sounds.
- 2010, Carmine Appice, Drums for Everyone, p. 78:
Derived terms
- bone china, bull in a china shop, china-blue, china-closet, china doll, china eye, china-fancier, china-glaze, china-house, china-hunter, china-like, china mark, china money, china-oven, china-painting, china-paints, china-shell, china-shop, china-stone, china-tipper, china token, china wedding
Translations
References
- “China, n.¹ and adj.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889
- “china”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- Anich, Chain, Chian, chain
French
Verb
china
- third-person singular past historic of chiner
Anagrams
- nicha
Italian
Etymology 1
Adjective form.
Adjective
china
- feminine singular of chino
Etymology 2
From the verb chinare.
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- slope, decline, descent
- Synonyms: pendio, declivio, discesa
Related terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanish quina, quinaquina, from Quechua.
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- cinchona (tree)
Related terms
Etymology 4
From Portuguese China, namely "ink of China".
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- Indian ink
Etymology 5
Verb form.
Verb
china
- third-person singular present of chinare
- second-person singular imperative of chinare
Japanese
Romanization
china
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kalasha
Adjective
china
- Alternative spelling of ?hína
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??i.n?/
- Homophone: China
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish china, from Quechua china (“female”).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (Rio Grande do Sul) a woman, especially one of Native American descent
Etymology 2
From China.
Noun
china m, f (plural chinas)
- (dated or informal) Chinaman; Chinese; someone from China
- Synonym: chinês
Quechua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ina/
Noun
china
- female (of humans or animals)
- a woman of low social status
- servant, slavegirl
Declension
References
- “china” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ina/, [?t??i.na]
Etymology 1
From the infantile/nursery word chin, a children's guessing game.
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- pebble, small stone (usually rounded)
- (Venezuela) slingshot
Derived terms
- tirachinas
Related terms
- chin
Etymology 2
Adjective
china
- feminine singular of chino
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- female equivalent of chino (“Chinese man”)
See also
- tinta china
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Quechua china (“female”).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (derogatory, South America) female servant in a hacienda
- (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) babysitter
- Synonym: niñera
Etymology 4
Allusion to the orange fruit's Asian origin (as in sinensis in Citrus sinensis).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (Puerto Rico) orange (fruit)
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