English

Noun

rike ‎(plural rikes)

1. (historical) sovereignty, dominion, authority
   • 1820, Arthur Taylor, The Glory of Regality (Coronations), Digitized edition, published 2007, page 5:

     king-rike was in use amongst us so late as the reign of Elizabeth.

2. (historical) The territory over which authority extends, a kingdom, an earldom, a diocese, district, city, and so forth.
   • 1823, Alexander Murray, David Scot, editor, History of the European Languages, Digitized edition, A. Constable & Co., published 2007, page 480:

     RAUMARICAE and RAUGNARICH are the people of the kingdom (RIKE) of RAUMAR and RAUGNAR.

   • 1857, Edward VI (King of England), John Gough Nichols, editor, Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth, Digitized edition, published 2009, page 464:

     The bishop (Tunstal) of Durham was deprived of his bishop-rike.

Etymology 2

From the Eye dialect spelling of like. as a result of the difficulty of pronouncing the letter 'L' in many oriental languages.

Verb

rike ‎(third-person singular simple present rikes, present participle riking, simple past and past participle riked)

1. (Oriental) Eye dialect spelling of like.

Anagrams

• Erik
• Keri

Finnish

(index ri)

Etymology

Derived from the verb rikkoa ‎(“to break”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ke
• IPA^(key): [ˈrike(ʔ)]

Noun

rike

1. (law) minor offence/offense, misdemeanor, infraction

Declension

Related terms

• rikos

Compounds

• rikesakko

Anagrams

• keri
• reki

Middle English

Etymology

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Cognate with Dutch rijk and German Reich.

Noun

rike

1. sovereignty, dominion, authority
2. kingdom, earldom

   For al þis rike A ded knyght wald I noght strike. — Seven Sages, a1425

Related terms

• riken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural form of rik

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríki

Noun

rike n ‎(definite singular riket, indefinite plural riker, definite plural rika or rikene)

1. an empire
2. a realm
3. a kingdom (see also kongerike)

Derived terms

• bokrike
• brevrike
• det britiske rike
• det tredje rike
• dyrerike
• dødsrike
• Frankrike
• himmelrike
• keiserrike
• kongerike
• mineralrike
• planterike
• Østerrike

References

• “rike” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural form of rik

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríki

Noun

rike n ‎(definite singular riket, indefinite plural rike, definite plural rika)

1. an empire
2. a realm
3. a kingdom (see also kongerike)

Derived terms

• Austerrike
• bokrike
• brevrike
• det britiske riket
• det tredje riket
• dyrerike
• dødsrike
• Frankrike
• himmelrike
• keisarrike
• kongerike
• mineralrike
• planterike

References

• “rike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Cognate with Dutch rijk and German Reich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːˌkɛ/

Adjective

rike

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of rik.

Noun

rike n

1. a realm, kingdom, empire, nation

   De båda rikena skola hafwa twå gemensamma huvudmynt.

   The two kingdoms shall have two common main currencies. (Sweden and Norway, two realms united under one king, 1814-1905)

2. a kingdom (animal, plant) of biological classification

Declension

Usage notes

• (definite form "riket" to mean Sweden) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.

Compounds