Albanian

Adjective

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

1. young
2. new

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin reus. Compare Italian rio, Romanian rău.

Adjective

ri ‎(feminine raja)

1. bad

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riː/, [ʁiːˀ]

Verb

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)

Derived terms

• rining

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri/
• Hyphenation: ri

Pronoun

ri ‎(accusative rin)

1. (rare, neologism, nonstandard) they (singular). A proposed gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun.

   Rigardu tiun homon. Ri estas alta.

   Look at that person. They are tall.

Holonyms

• li ‎(“he”)
• ŝi ‎(“she”)

Synonyms

• (rare, nonstandard) ĝi
• (rare, neologism, nonstandard) ŝli
• (rare, neologism, nonstandard) gi

Usage notes

An experimental and mostly online form used by few in speech. It can be confused with verbs beginning with ri- (ri petas 's/he asks', ripetas 'repeats') when speaking. Comparable to English epicene pronouns. (Also see riism.)

Existing alternatives include expanding the use of the demonstrative pronoun tiu ‎(“that one”), or Zamenhof's suggestion, ĝi.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/

Verb

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

1. past participle of rire

Italian

Adjective

ri m

1. masculine plural of rio

Japanese

Romanization

ri

1. rōmaji reading of り
2. rōmaji reading of リ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• eri

Noun

ri

1. thorn
2. fishbone

Lojban

Cmavo

ri

1. (pro-sumti) the most recent sumti

   pu catra le ninmu fa la karl .i ri ca pinfu

   Karl has killed the woman. He is now a prisoner.

Related terms

• ra
• ru

Mandarin

Romanization

ri

1. Nonstandard spelling of rí.
2. Nonstandard spelling of rì.

Usage notes

• 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.

Nabi

Noun

ri

1. woman

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ríða

Alternative forms

• ride

Verb

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)

References

• “ri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• rwi
• hri, ĕri

Noun

ri

1. thorn
2. thorny plant

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi/

Verb

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲi]

Preposition

ri

1. with, to
2. against

   ris a' ghaoith‎ ― against the wind

3. up

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

Usage notes

• 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")

Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Welsh

Noun

ri

1. Soft mutation of rhi.