rype
English
Etymology 1
Danish rype
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.
- 1909, Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News (volume 32, page 426)
Adjective
rype
- Obsolete spelling of ripe
Anagrams
- prey, pyre
Danish
Etymology
From Norwegian rype, from Old Norse rjúpa (“ptarmigan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ryːpə/, [ˈʁyːb̥ə]
Noun
rype c (singular definite rypen, plural indefinite ryper)
- ptarmigan (of the genus Lagopus)
Inflection
Declension of rype
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rype | rypen | ryper | ryperne |
genitive | rypes | rypens | rypers | rypernes |
References
- “rype” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse rjúpa
Noun
rype f or m (definite singular rypa or rypen, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)
- a grouse or ptarmigan (genus Lagopus)
Derived terms
- fjellrype
- lirype
References
- “rype” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse rjúpa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ryːpə/
Noun
rype f (definite singular rypa, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)
- a grouse or ptarmigan (genus Lagopus)
Derived terms
- fjellrype
- lirype
References
- “rype” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.