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rip

/ˈɹɪp/RIP
/ˈɹɪp/RIP

Meaningto tear

Common meaning: to tear

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√RIP‘break, rive’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 309, p. 741 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)rifasource
  3. Middle Englishrippensource
  4. Englishrip‘to tear’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) rifa ‘to tear’.

Roots

  • rifa Old Norse (Icelandic) “to tear”

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