ripe

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.
4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge. (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
7. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
8. Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
9. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

rijp

bezonken

rĳp

fully developed

be tender

well-cooked

make ripe

ready for harvest

fully ripe

be ripe

ready for action

old-looking

ready-to-eat

be cooked

mature wine

full-flavoured

abundantly

golden yellow

light brown

well-adjusted

fully matured

be mature

be subjugated

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹaɪp/

From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”). Cognate with West Frisian ryp (“ripe”), Dutch rijp (“ripe”), German reif (“ripe”). Related to reap.