rife

Significado (Inglês)

Adj

1. Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
2. Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
3. Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
4. (obsolete) Having power; active; nimble.

Adv

Plentifully, abundantly.

Sinônimos

prevalent

widespread

prevailing

predominant

current

common

plethoric

usual

overabundant

popular

dominant

general

generalized

generic

heaped

numerous

packed

plentiful

public

riddled

ubiquitous

universal

up-to-date

in vogue

abundantly

packed-out

brimful

broad

bursting

constituted

crammed

customary

everywhere

fashionable

frequent

full

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹaɪf/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: rife

Herdado de inglês arcaico: rīfe

Cognato com frísio ocidental: rju

Cognato com holandês: rijf

Cognato com baixo alemão: rive

Cognato com islandês: rífur

Cognato com feroês: ríviligur

Cognato com feroês: rívan

Cognato com islandês: reifa

In summary

From Middle English rife, from Old English rīfe, rȳfe (“rife, abundant, frequent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīb, from Proto-Germanic *rībaz (“generous”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear (off), rip”). Cognate with West Frisian rju (“rife, much”), Dutch rijf (“abundant, copious”), Low German rive (“abundant, munificent”), Icelandic rífur (“rife, munificent”), Faroese ríviligur (“plentiful, abundant”), Faroese rívan (“abundantly”), Icelandic reifa (“to bestow”).