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riisi.

rice, Oryza sativa (plant and seeds)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈriːsi/[ˈriːs̠i]
  1. rice, Oryza sativa (plant and seeds)

    riisin kuori
    valkoinen riisi
  2. rice, Oryza sativa (plant and seeds) rice, Oryza sativa (plant)

  3. rice, Oryza sativa (plant and seeds) rice (seeds of the plant used as food)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Early Modern Swedish ris (“rice”). See the etymology section of English rice for more.

noun/ˈriːsi/[ˈriːs̠i]
  1. ream (quantity of 500 sheets of paper)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish ris (“ream”), from Middle High German rīs or German ries, ultimately from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma).

noun/ˈriːsi/[ˈriːs̠i]
  1. rickets, rachitis

    dated
  2. any (childhood) disease

    obsolete
  3. animal disease

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Russian грызь, гры́жа (gryzʹ, grýža, “hernia; (dialectal) nagging pain, shooting pain”), from грызть (gryztʹ, “gnaw”, verb).

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