riz

Concepts

rice

🍚

paddy

rice plant

Yagi

cooked rice

rice seedling

uncooked rice

rice grain

Oryza sativa

annual

cultivated rice

white rice

Synonyms

repas

ris

riz cuit

scion

riz paddy

oryza sativa

Translations

Reis

🍚

arroz

🍚

riso

arroz

🍚

rijst

🍚

arròs

🍚

ρύζι

pirinç

🍚

όρυζα

oryza

أرز

رز

🍚

رُزّ

برنج

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: riz, ris

Inherited from Old French: ris

In summary

Inherited from Middle French riz, ris, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), ὄρυζον (óruzon). The spelling in -z after the Greek and Latin oryza, adopted in order to distinguish from ris (several senses).