Rift in Scrabble and Meaning

• Finder
• Unscrambler
• Dictionary

Valid words made from Rift

Results

4-letter words (2 found)

3-letter words (4 found)

2-letter words (3 found)

You can make 9 words from rift according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rift

rift

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭft, IPA^(key): /ɹɪft/
• Rhymes: -ɪft
• Homophone: riffed

Etymology 1

From Middle English rift, of North Germanic origin; akin to Danish rift, Norwegian Bokmål rift (“breach”), Old Norse rífa (“to tear”). More at rive.

Noun

rift (plural rifts)

1. A chasm or fissure.
2. (figurative) A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
3. A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
4. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Portuguese: rifte

Translations

Verb

rift (third-person singular simple present rifts, present participle rifting, simple past and past participle rifted)

1. (intransitive) To form a rift; to split open.
2. (transitive) To cleave; to rive; to split.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, [5]

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rypta.

Verb

rift (third-person singular simple present rifts, present participle rifting, simple past and past participle rifted)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland and northern UK) To belch.

Etymology 3

Verb

rift (obsolete)

1. past participle of rive

Anagrams

• FTIR, frit

Danish

Etymology

From the verb rive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɛfd]

Noun

rift c (singular definite riften, plural indefinite rifter)

1. a rip, tear (in fabric)
2. a scratch (on skin, paint)

Declension

References

• “rift” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Noun

rift m (plural rifts)

1. (geology) rift

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb rive.

Noun

rift f or m (definite singular rifta or riften, indefinite plural rifter, definite plural riftene)

1. a rip, tear (in fabric)
2. a break (in the clouds)
3. a scratch (on skin, paint)
4. a rift (geology)

Derived terms

• riftdal

References

• “rift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “rift” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb rive or riva.

Noun

rift f (definite singular rifta, indefinite plural rifter, definite plural riftene)

1. a rip, tear (in fabric)
2. a break (in the clouds)
3. a scratch (on skin, paint)
4. a rift (geology)

Derived terms

• riftdal

References

• “rift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *riftą, *riftiją, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“to cover; arch over; vault”). Cognate with Old High German peinrefta (“legwear; leggings”), Old Norse ript, ripti (“a kind of cloth; linen jerkin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rift/

Noun

rift n (nominative plural rift)

1. a veil; curtain; cloak

Related terms

• rifte

Descendants

• Middle English: rift

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rift.

Noun

rift n (plural rifturi)

1. rift

Declension

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse rypta.

Verb

rift (third-person singular simple present rifts, present participle riftin, simple past riftit, past participle riftit)

1. to belch, burp