ribbe

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English

Noun

ribbe (plural ribbes)

  1. Obsolete form of rib.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 15:
      But from the exility of bones, thinnesse of skulls, smallnesse of teeth, ribbes, and thigh-bones; not improbable that many thereof were persons of minor age, or women.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

ribbe

  1. plural of rib

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German ribbe, rebbe (“rib, strip”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją, cognate with German Rippe, English rib, Old Norse rif (“reef”). Doublet of rev (“reef”).

Noun

ribbe c (singular definite ribben, plural indefinite ribber)

  1. rim, stripe (in cloths)
  2. (botany) rib (veins in a leaf)
  3. holder (for the baking sheet in an oven)
  4. bar (used to support something)
  5. (architecture) rib (an arched projection)
  6. (gymnastics) wall bars (an exercise equipment)
Declension
Declension of ribbe
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ribbe ribben ribber ribberne
genitive ribbes ribbens ribbers ribbernes
References

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German ribben (“to tear”), from Proto-Germanic *rippōną, *ribōną (“to tear off”), cognate with Dutch rippen, Faroese ripa, Norwegian ripe. An intensive of Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear”).

Verb

ribbe (past tense ribbede, past participle ribbet)

  1. to remove (almost everything)
  2. to plunder
Conjugation
Inflection of ribbe
present past
simple ribber ribbede
perfect har ribbet havde ribbet
passive ribbes ribbedes
participle ribbende ribbet
imperative rib —
infinitive ribbe —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund ribben —
References

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribjō.

Noun

ribbe f

  1. rib

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: rib
  • West Flemish: rebbe

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ribb, from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

Noun

ribbe (plural ribbes)

  1. rib

Descendants

References

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