rype
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English
Etymology 1
Noun
rype (plural rypes)
- A bird, the ptarmigan.
- 1909, Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News, volume 32, page 426:
- The rypes and our red grouse are identically the same bird, though disease has never been known in the former, and even interbreeding with the red grouse, to the limited extent they are ever likely to do, should do more good than harm.
Etymology 2
Adjective
rype
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Norwegian rype, from Old Norse rjúpa (“ptarmigan”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rype c (singular definite rypen, plural indefinite ryper)
Inflection
Declension of rype
References
- “rype” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
rype f or m (definite singular rypa or rypen, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)
Derived terms
References
- “rype” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rype f (definite singular rypa, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)
Derived terms
References
- “rype” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.