ri

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from Mandarin Chinese 里 (lǐ).

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

ri (plural ris or li)

1. (Units of measure) Synonym of li as a Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

• IR, Ir., ir-

From Proto-Albanian *rija, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥wo-, zero-grade of *h₁orwo- (compare Old English earu (“quick”), Tocharian B ārwer (“ready”), Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (auruua, “quick, brave”)).

• IPA^(key): [ɾi]

i ri m (feminine e re, masculine plural të rinj, feminine plural të reja)

1. young
2. new

From Latin reus. Compare Italian rio, Romanian rău.

ri (feminine raja)

1. bad

• IPA^(key): /riː/, [ʁiːˀ]

ri (imperative ri, present rir or rier, past riede, past participle riet)

1. baste, tack (to sew with wide stitches to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)

• rining

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• IPA^(key): /ri/
• Hyphenation: ri

ri (accusative rin, possessive ria)

1. (neologism, proscribed) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.
   • 1997, Liland Brajant ROS', “Pri Sennaciistaj postulatoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto, Usenet‎:

     Kial gravas, kiu ri estas?

     Why is it important, who they are?

   • 2006, “Maldormemo mia”, in Eksenlime, performed by La Perdita Generacio:

     Najbaro laboranta en la sama laborejo / En la bela domo ri ne pentras plu

     A neighbor working in the same workplace / In the beautiful house they don't paint anymore

   • 2014, Roland Bonkorpa, “Fiinsulo”, in Beletra Almanako, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, ISSN 1937-3325, OCLC 156908050, page 32:

     Ri estis la plej pacienca kaj inteligenta hundo, kiun mi iam renkontis.

     They were the most patient and intelligent dog I had ever met.

Comparable to English epicene pronouns. (Also see riism.)

Alternatives include expanding the use of the demonstrative pronoun tiu (“that one”) or using the similarly proscribed ŝli.

• (neologism, proscribed) ŝli

• li (“he”)
• ŝi (“she”)

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/

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ri m (feminine singular rie, masculine plural ris, feminine plural ries)

1. past participle of rire

From Portuguese rir. Cognates with Kabuverdianu ri.

ri

1. to laugh

ri m

1. masculine plural of rio

ri

1. Rōmaji transcription of り
2. Rōmaji transcription of リ

• eri

ri

1. thorn
2. fishbone

From Portuguese rir.

ri

1. to laugh

ri

1. Nonstandard spelling of rì.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

ri

1. woman

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

• ride

From Old Norse ríða

ri (imperative ri, present tense rir, simple past red or rei, past participle ridd, present participle riende)

1. to ride (an animal, e.g. a horse)

• “ri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

ri (present tense rir, past tense rei, past participle ridd or ridt or ride, present participle ridande, imperative ri)

1. Alternative form of rida

• rwi
• hri, ĕri

ri

1. thorn
2. thorny plant

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi/

ri

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rir
3. first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of rir

From Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ-, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”).

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲi]

ri

1. with, to
2. against

   ris a' ghaoith ― against the wind

3. up

   Chaidh iad ris an leathad. ― They went up the hillside.

• This form is used before nouns without the definite article; before the definite article the form ris is used:

  ri cat ― with a cat

  ris a' chat ― with the cat

• Used before a noun or a verbal noun to mean up to or involved in:

  Bha a' chlann sin ri mì-mhodh. ― Those children were up to no good.

• In the Lewis dialect, ri is used instead of ag or a' before a verbal noun to form present participles:

  Tha mi ri seinn. ― I am singing.

  (As opposed to Tha mi a' seinn, which has the same meaning.)

• Followed by a prepositional pronoun takes a passive voice meaning:

  Tha na h-eòin tarraingeach rin amharc. ― The birds are attractive to watch.

  (literally "to their watching")

• The following prepositional pronouns:

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹɪj˧˧]

ri

1. (Central Vietnam) like this

ri

1. Soft mutation of rhi.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi]
• Hyphenation: ri

ri m

1. face