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rive
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)
- (transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
- (transitive, archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
- (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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, II.vi:
- (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
- 1821, William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare:
- (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)
- A place torn; a rent; a rift.
Synonyms
- (a place torn): rent, rift
Etymology 2
Compare Latin ripa (“shore”)
Noun
rive (plural rives)
- A bank or shore.
Verb
rive
- 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)
- 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)
- to grate
- to scratch, tear, rip
- to rake
Inflection
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from Swedish drev.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ri?e?/, [?ri?e?(?)]
- Rhymes: -i?e
- Syllabification: ri?ve
Noun
rive
- 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)
- 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)
- slope, ascent
- shore
Related terms
- rivâ
- riviere
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French arriver (“happen”)
Verb
rive
- happen
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Noun
rive f
- plural of riva
Anagrams
- veri
Latin
Noun
r?ve
- 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)
- 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)
- to grate + av
- 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)
- 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)
- Alternative form of riva
References
- “rive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
rive From the web:
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canal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin can?lis (“channel; canal”), from can?lis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na). Doublet of channel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??næl/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /k??næl/, /k??n?l/
- Rhymes: -æl
Noun
canal (plural canals)
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- (anatomy) A tubular channel within the body.
- (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.
Related terms
- channel
- channelization
- channelize
- canalization
- canalize
Descendants
- ? Scottish Gaelic: canàl
Translations
Verb
canal (third-person singular simple present canals, present participle canaling or canalling, simple past and past participle canaled or canalled)
- To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
- To travel along a canal by boat
Anagrams
- Alcan, Clana, Nalca
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin can?lis.
Noun
canal f (plural canales)
- canal (artificial waterway)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin can?lis (“channel; canal”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /k??nal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka?nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canals)
- canal; channel (artificial passage for water)
- roof gutter
- Synonyms: canaló, ràfec
Derived terms
- canalitzar
Further reading
- “canal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “canal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “canal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “canal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin can?lis. Doublet of chenal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canaux)
- canal
- channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Derived terms
- canal nommé
Related terms
- chenal
Descendants
- ? Persian: ?????? (kânâl)
- ? Romanian: canal
- ? Turkish: kanal
See also
- chaîne
Further reading
- “canal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- lança
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese canal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cana (“cane, reed”) +? -al. Cognate with Spanish cañal.
Alternative forms
- canar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canais)
- (dated) fish-weir; place or installation for fishing, on a river
- 1375, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:
- V casares en Cesar os quaes fforon de Mayor Aras moller de Martin Sanchez Xarpa com huum paaço et con huum canal enno Tamare.
- 5 farmhouses in Cesar, which belonged to Maior Aras, wife of Martín Sánchez Xarpa, with a manor and a fishery on the river Tambre
- V casares en Cesar os quaes fforon de Mayor Aras moller de Martin Sanchez Xarpa com huum paaço et con huum canal enno Tamare.
- Synonyms: caneiro, pesqueira
- 1375, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Latin canalis. Doublet of canle and cal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canais)
- canal
- channel
References
- “canal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “canal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “canar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “canal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “canal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “canal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French canal, from Latin can?lis (“channel; canal”).
Noun
canal m (plural canaux)
- (Jersey) canal
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese canal, from Latin can?lis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na). This form may possibly be an early borrowing or semi-learned term; cf. the fully inherited doublet cale, and related calha.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.?naw/, /k?.?naw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /k?.?na?/
Noun
canal m (plural canais)
- ditch
- Synonyms: canaleta, vala, valeta
- canal (artificial waterway)
- (radio) channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- (television) television channel
Derived terms
- (canal): canal-do-Panamá
Related terms
- cale
- calha
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French canal, Latin can?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?nal/
Noun
canal n (plural canale or canaluri)
- (plural canaluri) canal
- channel
Declension
Further reading
- canal in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish canal, from Latin can?lis (“channel; canal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?nal/, [ka?nal]
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
canal m (plural canales)
- canal, flume, waterway (artificial)
- channel (wide strait)
- (communication) channel
- (chemistry) channel
- cleavage
Hyponyms
- (canal): canal de Panamá
- (channel): canal de Jamaica
- (channel): canal de la Mancha
- (channel): canal de Mozambique
- (channel): canal del Norte (“North Channel”)
Derived terms
- acanalar
- canaleta
- canalizar
- canalón
- canalón
Descendants
- ? Tagalog: kanal
Further reading
- “canal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin can?lis.
Noun
canal m (plural cana?i)
- canal
- channel (all senses)
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