rice

CEFRA1

/ɹaɪs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Small white or brown grains eaten as food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A specific variety of this plant.

Examples

  • A festival is held at the rice harvest.

  • Do you eat rice in your country?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The seeds of this plant used as food.

  2. Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

  3. An instance of customization of a user interface.

More examples

In context

  • We Japanese live on rice.

  • This is my first rice!

  • Drought stress causes yield reductions and sometimes total crop failures in rainfed rice areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

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Origin

noun

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 ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀭𑀺𑀘𑀺 (arici). Doublet of arroz.