riz

Meaning

rice

Concepts

rice

paddy

cooked rice

cultivated rice

Oryza sativa

Yagi

rice grain

white rice

annual

rice plant

rice seedling

uncooked rice

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁi/

Etymology

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).

Sentences

Aujourd'hui , le riz basmati est celui qui est le plus utilisé .

Today, basmati rice is the most widely used.

Le riz basmati existe en brun ou en blanc .

Basmati rice comes in brown or white.