Rice

Meaning

1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
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Synonyms

Elmer Rice

Elmer Leopold Rice

Elmer Reizenstein

Sir Tim Rice

Timothy Miles Bindon Rice

rice paddy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹaɪs/

Etymology

* As a Welsh surname, borrowed from Welsh Rhys, an Anglicization. Compare Reese, Price, and Preece.
* As an English surname, from Old English hris (“brushwood, shrubbery”).
* Also as an English surname, from a nickname through Middle English and Anglo-Norman from French ris (“smile, laughter”).
* Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun rice.
* As as German surname, Americanized from Reis (“shoot, twig”), related to the Old English word above. Compare Ries.

Sentences

It was developed by the International Rice Research Institute .