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4-letter words (3 found)

PERI,PIER,RIPE,

3-letter words (8 found)

IRE,PER,PIE,PIR,PRE,REI,REP,RIP,

2-letter words (4 found)

ER,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from ripe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ripe

ripe irpe rpie prie ipre pire riep irep reip erip ierp eirp rpei prei repi erpi peri epri iper pier iepr eipr peir epir

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Definitions and meaning of ripe

ripe

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɹaɪp/
  • Rhymes: -aɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”). Cognate with West Frisian ryp (“ripe”), Dutch rijp (“ripe”), German reif (“ripe”). Related to reap.

Alternative forms

  • rype (obsolete)

Adjective

ripe (comparative riper, superlative ripest)

  1. (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature
  2. (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow
  3. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected
    Synonym: consummate
  4. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
  5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
  6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
  7. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk
  8. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
  9. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:malodorous
Antonyms
  • unripe
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

ripe (plural ripes)

  1. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
Translations

Verb

ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

  1. To ripen or mature
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ripe, from Latin ripa.

Noun

ripe (plural ripes)

  1. The bank of a river.
Related terms
  • riparian

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To search; to rummage.
Related terms
  • rip

Etymology 4

An alteration of rife.

Adjective

ripe (not comparable)

  1. (proscribed, used with with) Rife

Anagrams

  • Peri, peri, peri-, pier, prie

Finnish

Etymology

From a sound-symbolic root rip- +‎ -e. The stem is also found in ripottaa (“to sprinle”), ripistä (“to crackle quietly”) and rippu (“nugget, pinch”). Cognates include Karelian ripe (“crumb; lodicule”) and rippuine (“(leftover) piece, scrap”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈripeˣ/, [ˈripe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ipe
  • Syllabification(key): ri‧pe

Noun

ripe

  1. (chiefly in the plural) the leftovers, remains

Declension

Dialectal, dated:

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “ripe”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[7] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • peri, peri-, repi

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁip/
  • Homophones: ripes, ripent

Verb

ripe

  1. inflection of riper:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “ripe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • péri, pire, prie, prié

Galician

Verb

ripe

  1. inflection of ripar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈri.pe/
  • Rhymes: -ipe
  • Hyphenation: rì‧pe

Noun

ripe f

  1. plural of ripa

Anagrams

  • iper-, peri, peri-, perì

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Of unknown origin (noun, sense 1); from the same origin as rive (noun sense 2 and verb)

Noun

ripe f or m (definite singular ripa or ripen, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

  1. (nautical) gunwale, edge
    Synonyms: båtripe, esing
  2. a scratch

Alternative forms

  • rip

Verb

ripe (imperative rip, present tense riper, passive ripes, simple past ripa or ripet or ripte, past participle ripa or ripet or ript, present participle ripende)

  1. to scratch, score
  2. to strike (a match)

References

  • “ripe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “ripe_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • “ripe_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • “ripe_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²riːpə/

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

  • rip, ripa

Noun

ripe f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

  1. (nautical) gunwale, edge
    Synonyms: båtripe, esing

Etymology 2

Of the same origin as rive.

Alternative forms

  • ripa

Verb

ripe (present tense ripar, past tense ripa, past participle ripa, passive infinitive ripast, present participle ripande, imperative ripe/rip)

  1. to scratch, score
  2. to strike (a match)

Noun

ripe f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

  1. a scratch
    Synonym: rip

References

  • “ripe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • pire, prei, reip

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpiz.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈriː.pe/

Adjective

rīpe

  1. ripe
  2. mature

Declension

Antonyms

  • unrīpe

Derived terms

  • rīpnes

Descendants

  • English: ripe

Portuguese

Verb

ripe

  1. inflection of ripar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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