different between rike vs rive

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?a?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *r?fan? (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reyp- (“to crumble, tear”).

Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian r?va (“to tear”), Old English ?r?fan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive (“to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift.

Verb

rive (third-person singular simple present rives, present participle riving, simple past rived or rove, past participle rived or riven)

1. (transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
2. (transitive, archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
3. (intransitive) To break apart; to split.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, II.vi:

     The varlet at his plaint was grieu'd so sore, / That his deepe wounded hart in two did riue […].

   • 1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England

     Freestone i.e. that rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.
4. (transitive, rare) To burst open; explode; discharge.
   • 1821, William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare:

     Ten thousand French have ta'en the sacrament, To rive their dangerous artillery

5. (woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).

Synonyms

• (to rend asunder): cleave, rend, split

Translations

See also

• rip
• rib

Noun

rive (plural rives)

1. A place torn; a rent; a rift.

Synonyms

• (a place torn): rent, rift

Etymology 2

Compare Latin ripa (“shore”)

Noun

rive (plural rives)

1. A bank or shore.

Verb

rive

1. To land.

Anagrams

• Iver, iver, vier, vire

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?v?/, [??i???], [??i??]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrífa, derived from the verb Old Norse hrífa (“to grip”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?ban? (“to grip, snatch”).

Noun

rive c (singular definite riven, plural indefinite river)

1. rake

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rífa, from Proto-Germanic *r?fan?, cognate with Swedish riva, English rive. In the sense, "to rake", it is derived from the noun.

Verb

rive (past tense rev, past participle revet, common gender attributive reven, plural or definite attributive revne)

1. to grate
2. to scratch, tear, rip
3. to rake

Inflection

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from Swedish drev.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ri?e?/, [?ri?e?(?)]
• Rhymes: -i?e
• Syllabification: ri?ve

Noun

rive

1. oakum, tow

Declension

Derived terms

• tervarive

Anagrams

• revi, veri, vire

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin r?pa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cut, tear, scratch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?iv/

Noun

rive f (plural rives)

1. bank (of a river)

Related terms

• arriver
• dériver
• rivage
• rivière

Further reading

• “rive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ivre, vire, viré

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin r?pa.

Noun

rive f (plural rivis)

1. slope, ascent
2. shore

Related terms

• rivâ
• riviere

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French arriver (“happen”)

Verb

rive

1. happen

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Noun

rive f

1. plural of riva

Anagrams

• veri

Latin

Noun

r?ve

1. vocative singular of r?vus

References

• rive in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrífa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?v?/

Noun

rive f or m (definite singular riva or riven, indefinite plural river, definite plural rivene)

1. a rake (garden and agricultural tool)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rífa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?v?/

Verb

rive (imperative riv, present tense river, passive rives, simple past rev or reiv, past participle revet, present participle rivende)

1. to grate + av
2. to scratch, tear, rip + av

Derived terms

• løsrive
• rivjern

References

• “rive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrífa.

Noun

rive f (definite singular riva, indefinite plural river, definite plural rivene)

1. a rake (garden and agricultural tool)

Etymology 2

Verb

rive (present tense riv, past tense reiv, supine rive, past participle riven, present participle rivande, imperative riv)

1. Alternative form of riva

References

• “rive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.