Meaning of ris | Babel Free
/riːs/Definitioner
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small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry; bush, scrub, undergrowth, brushwood also, collective, in-compounds, neuter
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rice (plant) neuter
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a ream: 500 sheets (of paper) neuter
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severed twigs (for example in a bundle or as for a broom), brushwood neuter
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rice (grains from the rice plant) neuter
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a spanking neuter
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negative criticism neuter
Exempel
“blåbärsris”
blueberry bush / scrub
“lingonris”
lingonberry bush / scrub
“en stubbe i lingonriset”
a stump in the lingonberry patch [a stump in the lingonberry scrub / undergrowth]
“De lade sina liggunderlag på björkriset.”
They put their hiking mattresses on the birch twigs.
“Han skall få smaka riset för det här.”
He'll get birched ("taste the twigs") for this.
“Föreställningen fick mycket ris.”
The performance received a lot of negative criticism.
“ris och ros”
praise and criticism [idiomatic – also the name of a readers' section in some newspapers for criticizing or commending]
“koka ris”
cook [boil] rice
“Gifwes haͤrmed tilkaͤnna / at Kyrkoherdens i St. Clara Herr Doctor Nordbergs Arbete wid Hans Maj:ts Hoͤg-Sal. Konung Carl XII. Hiſtoria är färdigt ſå at det, will Gud, straxt efter Ny-Åhret aͤmnas til trycket. Det blifwer in alles ett Ris Papper tryckt; På godt, stort/ Franſkt Skrifpapper; Hans Hoͤg-Sal. May:ts och deras nn regerande Kongl. May:ts Portraiter, tillika med 150. Medailler blifwa i Koppar ſtuckne; […]”
We do hereby make it known / that the Reverend Pastor of St. Clara, the learned Dr. Nordberg, hath brought to completion his Work upon the History of His late Majesty, the most High and Serene King Charles XII; it is, by the Grace of God, purposed to be put to the Press shortly after the New-Year. The same shall be printed in full upon one Ream of Paper, being of fine and large French Writing-Paper; the Portraits of His late most High and Serene Majesty, as also those of their now-reigning Royal Majesties, together with one hundred and fifty Medals, shall be engraved in Copper; […]
“Rabatt kan och skall medgifvas, äfven då icke mera än ett ris papper eller ett tusen kuvert köpes på en gång och betalas kontant; detta, ehuru denna priskurants brutto-pris redan äro billigare än andras, hvarom hvem som helst kan öfvertyga sig genom jemförelse mellan vilkoren hos oss och öfrige pappershandlare.”
Discounts may and shall be granted, even when no more than a ream of paper or a thousand envelopes are purchased at one time and paid for in cash; this, despite the fact that the gross prices in this price-list are already more favorable than those of others, as anyone may convince themselves by comparing the terms offered by us with those of other paper merchants.
CEFR-nivå
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.