ett ris

ris in a sentence

• kokt ris
  boiled rice
• en skål ris om dagen
  a bowl of rice a day
• 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.

Expressions

• ris och ros
  blame and praise

Words built with ris

• råris unpolished rice
• risgryn grain of rice
• blåbärsris bilberry sprigs
• lingonris lingonberry (red whortleberry) sprigs
• påskris Easter decoration of twigs adorned with coloured feathers
• granris spruce twigs

Questions

Origin

From Old Norse hrís.

Nearby common words

ris is number 4,700 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 4,696glatt made... happy, slippery
• 4,697oändlig infinite, endless
• 4,698mo sandy soil, a sandy field, a moor, a heath
• 4,699dykt dived
• 4,701slaktare butcher
• 4,702öppning opening
• 4,703kafé a café, a coffee shop
• 4,704motsatt opposite, contrary