rice

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /raɪs/ UK /ɹaɪs/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like lice /l/ vs /r/

Freq #2353

Meanings

1

noun
Small white or brown grains that are cooked and eaten as food.

We had chicken and rice for dinner.
2

noun
The plant that produces these grains, grown in wet fields.

Rice is grown in flooded fields across much of Asia.

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Word family

Forms rices

Derived forms nonriceomu-ricerice-crackerrice-eaterrice-millrice-queenrice-spiritricebirdriceburgerricecelricefieldricefish

Related forms pricerise-woodrisewood

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Etymology

From Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern Iranian language related to Middle Persian blnc (*brinǰ), Northern Kurdish riz (beyond Euphrates) and Zazaki riz. Theorized to come to Iranian languages from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi). Prior to Sanskrit, it is speculated to be possibly a borrowing from a Dravidian language (compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”)), or from Austroasiatic languages further east. Alternatively Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza) is said to be from Hebrew אורז (órez), from South Arabian areez ul…

rys Middle English ris Old French riso roa-oit ὄρυζα gkm

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# rice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /raɪs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹaɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 2353

## Meanings
1. Small white or brown grains that are cooked and eaten as food.
2. The plant that produces these grains, grown in wet fields.

## Examples
- We had chicken and rice for dinner.
- Rice is grown in flooded fields across much of Asia.

## Derived Forms
- nonrice
- omu-rice
- rice-cracker
- rice-eater
- rice-mill
- rice-queen
- rice-spirit
- ricebird
- riceburger
- ricecel
- ricefield
- ricefish

## Related Forms
- price
- rise-wood
- risewood

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rys
- Root: ris
- Root: riso
- Root: ὄρυζα

## Etymology
From Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern Iranian language related to Middle Persian blnc (*brinǰ), Northern Kurdish riz (beyond Euphrates) and Zazaki riz. Theorized to come to Iranian languages from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi). Prior to Sanskrit, it is speculated to be possibly a borrowing from a Dravidian language (compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”)), or from Austroasiatic languages further east. Alternatively Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza) is said to be from Hebrew אורז (órez), from South Arabian areez ul…

## AI Etymology
Rice comes from Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern Iranian language related to Middle Persian blnc (*brinǰ), Northern Kurdish riz (beyond Euphrates) and Zazaki riz. Theorized to come to Iranian languages from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi). Prior to Sanskrit, it is speculated to be possibly a borrowing from a Dravidian language (compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”)), or from Austroasiatic languages further east. Modern senses include small white or brown grains that are cooked and eaten as food. and the plant that produces these grains, grown in wet fields.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nonrice, omu-rice, rice-cracker, rice-eater, rice-mill, and rice-queen and related forms such as price, rise-wood, and risewood.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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