rice English · revision 4592

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1234|origins=grc ὄρυζα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /raɪs/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|ris]], rys,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|ris]] (modern riz),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[it|riso]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from Latin oryza,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[grc|ὄρυζα|tr=óruza|t=rice]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from an Indo-Iranian source,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) related to Sanskrit vrīhi “rice”^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) and Pashto vrižē,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) a word of unknown or non-Indo-European origin.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) The Greek word, directly or indirectly, is the source of the European words for the grain, as German Reis and Polish ryż.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The seeds of the rice plant: 1234 in the OED and Barnhart,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) the mid-13th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The plant itself is called rice from 1562,^(OED 1989) and a variety of rice from 1681.^(OED 1989) Rice was brought to the Mediterranean by the Arabs and introduced to the Carolinas in 1647.^(Etymonline) ''Rice pudding'' is by 1639,^(Etymonline) and ''rice paper'', originally used in China, from 1810.^(Etymonline) The verb, to press food into rice-like grains, is from 1923.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1234 – the grain.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1562 – the plant.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1639 – ''rice pudding''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1810 – ''rice paper''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1923 – verb.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A cereal [[grass]] grown widely in warm, wet regions.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Its starchy [[grain]]s, a staple food in much of the world.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To press cooked food through a sieve into rice-like pieces.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ricey]]

+ * [[ricebird]]

+ * [[ricer]]

+ * [[arborio rice]]

+ * [[brown rice]]

+ * [[dirty rice]]

+ * [[fried rice]]

+ * [[Indian rice]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[risotto]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Unrelated is Middle English rice “twigs, brushwood”, from Old English hrīs, used until the 17th century and later in East Anglian dialect for pea stems.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}