riks-
See also: riks, rīks, and -riks
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From rike.
Prefix
riks-
- national, relating to the whole country.
See also
- “riks-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with riks-
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From rike.
Prefix
riks-
- national, relating to the whole country.
See also
- “riks-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with riks-
Swedish
Etymology
From a simplification of rike + -s-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²rɪkːs-/ (note the short vowel compared to rik and rike)
Prefix
riks-
- national, relating to the to whole country
- 2019 December 26, Diba Dehnad, “Gaffeltruckchefens tjuvknep blev en riksnyhet”, in SVT Nyheter [SVT News]:
- Nyheten spreds som en löpeld över landet och i dag är han rikskänd.
- The news spread like wildfire across the country, and today he is nationally known.
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- (colloquial) intensifying prefix, always negative
- Vilket jävla rikspucko det är asså!
- What a fucking (riks)moron he is, man!
- Han är rikskass!
- He is (riks)bad!
Derived terms
Swedish terms prefixed with riks-
Anagrams
- kris, risk, skri