ripe

See also: Ripe, RIPE, ripé, and řípě

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹaɪp/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”). Cognate with West Frisian ryp (“ripe”), Dutch rijp (“ripe”), German reif (“ripe”). Related to reap.

Alternative forms

• rype (obsolete)

Adjective

ripe (comparative riper, superlative ripest)

1. (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.

   ripe grain

   ripe apples

   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop / Into thy mother's lap.

   • 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     Plant breeding is always a numbers game. […] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.

2. (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.

   ripe cheese

   ripe wine

3. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.

   Synonym: consummate

   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry the Eighth:

     He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XLI, page 64:

     And so may Place retain us still,
     ⁠And he the much-beloved again,
     ⁠A lord of large experience, train
     To riper growth the mind and will: […]

   • 1895, Henry James, The Altar of the Dead:

     She was a feature of that piety, but even at the ripe stage of acquaintance in which they occasionally arranged to meet at a concert or to go together to an exhibition she was not a feature of anything else.

   • 2001, “Elite”, performed by Deftones:

     When you're ripe
     You'll bleed out of control

4. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge. (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
   • 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     while things were just ripe for a war

   • 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America:

     I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.

   • 1910, Theodore C. Williams, The Aeneid, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, Book IV Chapter 28:

     nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.

   • 1988, Queensrÿche, Revolution Calling:

     But the time is ripe for changes. There's a growing feeling. That taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due

6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Those happy smilets, / That played on her ripe lip.

   • 1981, Daniel Curzon, Human Warmth & Other Stories‎^[2], →ISBN, page 18:

     He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.

7. (obsolete) Intoxicated.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe: where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How cam'st thou in this pickle?

8. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
   • 2004, Kenneth F. Warren, Administrative Law in the Political System‎^[3], →ISBN, page 427:

     Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe, however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.

9. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:malodorous

   • 2004, Colum McCann, Fishing the Sloe-Black River‎^[4], →ISBN, page 141:

     Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.

Antonyms

• unripe

Derived terms

• drop-ripe
• force-ripe
• like a ripe plum
• market-ripe
• overripe
• rare-ripe
• ripe for the picking
• ripen
• ripeness
• ripe old age
• rope-ripe
• time is ripe
• underripe

 

Translations

ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: ناضِج (nāḍij), حاصِد (ḥāṣid)

  Moroccan Arabic: طايب (ṭāyib)

• Aragonese: maduro, matur
• Armenian: հասած (hy) (hasac), հասուն (hy) (hasun)
• Aromanian: coptu, mãturu
• Assamese: পকা (poka)
• Azerbaijani: yetişmiş, dəymiş (az)
• Basque: zori
• Breton: darev (br), azv (br)
• Bulgarian: зрял (bg) (zrjal)
• Catalan: madur (ca)
• Cebuano: hinog
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 熟 (yue) (suk⁶)

  Eastern Min: 熟 (soit)

  Mandarin: 成熟 (zh) (chéngshú), 熟 (zh) (shú)

• Czech: zralý (cs) m
• Dalmatian: matoir
• Dolgan: буспут (busput)
• Dutch: rijp (nl)
• Erzya: кенерезь (keńeŕeź)
• Esperanto: matura (eo)
• Estonian: küps
• Finnish: kypsä (fi), tuleentunut (fi) (of grain)
• French: mûr (fr) m, mûre (fr) f
• Friulian: madûr
• Georgian: მწიფე (mc̣ipe)
• German: reif (de)
• Greek: ώριμος (el) (órimos)

  Ancient: πέπειρος (pépeiros), δρυπεπής (drupepḗs)

• Gujarati: પાકેલું (pākelũ), પાકું (pākũ)
• Hebrew: בשל (he) m (bashél)
• Higaonon: nahinog
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: érett (hu)
• Hunsrik: zeidich
• Indonesian: masak (id)
• Interlingua: matur
• Italian: maturo (it) m, matura (it) f
• Japanese: 熟した (ja) (じゅくした, jukushita)
• Javanese: mateng (jv)
• Kannada: ಪಕವ (pakava)
• Khmer: ទុំ (km) (tum)
• Latin: mātūrus, mītis
• Latvian: nobriedis, nogatavojies, gatavs
• Lombard: madur (lmo)
• Luxembourgish: zeideg
• Malay: masak (ms)
• Maltese: misjur
• Mansaka: inog
• Manx: appee
• Maori: tāngoungou, tāngōngō
• Moksha: кенерьф (keńeŕf)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: neestʼą́
• Nepali: पाकेको (pākeko)
• Norman: meux
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moden (no), skjær (no)

• Occitan: madur (oc)
• Ottoman Turkish: اولغون (olğun)
• Persian: رسیده (fa) (raside)
• Piedmontese: madur
• Plautdietsch: riep
• Polish: dojrzały (pl) m
• Portuguese: maduro (pt)
• Quechua: puqusqa
• Romanian: copt (ro), matur (ro)
• Romansch: madir
• Russian: зре́лый (ru) (zrélyj), спе́лый (ru) (spélyj)
• Sardinian: cottu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зре̏о

  Roman: zrȅo (sh)

• Slovak: zrelý m
• Slovene: zrel (sl)
• Spanish: maduro (es)
• Swedish: mogen (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: పండు (te) (paṇḍu)
• Tetum: tasak
• Thai: สุก (th) (sùk)
• Turkish: olgun (tr)
• Vietnamese: chín (vi)
• Walloon: meur (wa) m, maweur (wa) m
• Welsh: aeddfed (cy)
• Yiddish: צײַטיק (tsaytik)
• Zazaki: bıyaye

advanced to the state of fitness for use

• Catalan: madur (ca)
• Estonian: küps
• Finnish: kypsä (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} arrivé à maturité, (wine) ^{(please verify)} mûr (fr) m, (cheese) ^{(please verify)} fait (fr) m
• German: gereift (de)
• Italian: maturato (it)
• Maori: ngaere
• Ottoman Turkish: اولغون (olğun)
• Portuguese: maduro (pt)
• Russian: вы́держанный (ru) (výderžannyj)
• Spanish: madurado (es) m
• Zazaki: resaye (diq)

having attained its full development; mature

• Catalan: madur (ca)
• Bulgarian: зрял (bg) (zrjal)
• Estonian: küps
• Finnish: kypsä (fi), valmis (fi)
• French: accompli (fr) m, accomplie (fr) f
• German: ausgereift (de)
• Hungarian: érett (hu)
• Italian: maturo (it)
• Maori: pakari
• Plautdietsch: riep
• Portuguese: maduro (pt), maturo
• Russian: зре́лый (ru) (zrélyj)
• Zazaki: resaye (diq) m, resayi f

maturated or suppurated, of sores and tumors

• Catalan: madur (ca)
• Estonian: küps
• Finnish: kypsä (fi)
• French: mûr (fr) m, mûre (fr) f

ready for action or effect; prepared

• Bulgarian: готов (bg) (gotov)
• Catalan: preparat
• Estonian: valmis (et)
• Finnish: valmistautunut (fi), valmis (fi)
• French: mûr (fr) m, mûre (fr) f
• Galician: listo, preparado
• Italian: pronto (it)

like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness

• Finnish: täyteläinen (fi)

intoxicated — see intoxicated

of a conflict, reviewable by court

having a disagreeable odor

• Finnish: tuoksahtava, pahanhajuinen (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} pjekur (sq)
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَاضِج (nāḍij)
• Basque: ^{(please verify)} umo
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} moden
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} rijp (nl)
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} küps
• German: ^{(please verify)} reif (de)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} érett (hu)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} abúil
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} maturo (it)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 익은 (ko) (igeun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} گەییو (geyîw)

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 熟的 (shóu de)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} copt (ro), ^{(please verify)} maturat
• Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} cottu
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} abaich
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} зре̏о

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} zrȅo (sh)

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} zrelý
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} zrel (sl)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} mogen (sv)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} olgun (tr)

Noun

ripe (plural ripes)

1. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
   • 1993, Paul J. Dosal, Doing Business with the Dictators‎^[5], →ISBN, page 76:

     When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.

Translations

fruit or vegetable which has ripened

• Finnish: kypsä (fi)

Verb

ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

1. To ripen or mature
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene viii]:

     […] he answer'd, "Do not so; / Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, / But stay the very riping of the time; / […]

Translations

to ripen or mature

• Dutch: rijpen (nl)
• Finnish: kypsyä (fi)
• Galician: madurar (gl)
• Hungarian: érlel (hu)
• Italian: maturare (it)
• Spanish: madurar (es)
• Zazaki: biyayen

Etymology 2

From Middle English ripe, from Latin ripa.

Noun

ripe (plural ripes)

1. The bank of a river.

Related terms

• riparian

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To search; to rummage.

Related terms

• rip

Etymology 4

An alteration of rife.

Adjective

ripe (not comparable)

1. (proscribed, used with with) Rife
   • 2022 November 27, Edward Helmore, “‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity”, in The Guardian ‎^[6]:

     The current state of the tech industry is ripe with danger and poses an existential threat, he believes.

Anagrams

• Peri, peri, peri-, pier, prie

Finnish

Etymology

From a sound-symbolic root rip- +‎ -e. The stem is also found in ripottaa (“to sprinle”), ripistä (“to crackle quietly”) and rippu (“nugget, pinch”). Cognates include Karelian ripe (“crumb; lodicule”) and rippuine (“(leftover) piece, scrap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈripeˣ/, [ˈripe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ipe
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧pe

Noun

ripe

1. (chiefly in the plural) the leftovers, remains

Declension

Inflection of ripe (Kotus type 48*B/hame, pp-p gradation)
nominative		ripe	rippeet
genitive		rippeen	rippeiden rippeitten
partitive		ripettä	rippeitä
illative		rippeeseen	rippeisiin rippeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ripe	rippeet
accusative	nom.	ripe	rippeet
	gen.	rippeen
genitive		rippeen	rippeiden rippeitten
partitive		ripettä	rippeitä
inessive		rippeessä	rippeissä
elative		rippeestä	rippeistä
illative		rippeeseen	rippeisiin rippeihin
adessive		rippeellä	rippeillä
ablative		rippeeltä	rippeiltä
allative		rippeelle	rippeille
essive		rippeenä	rippeinä
translative		rippeeksi	rippeiksi
abessive		rippeettä	rippeittä
instructive		—	rippein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ripe (Kotus type 48*B/hame, pp-p gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rippeeni rippeeni accusative nom. rippeeni rippeeni gen. rippeeni genitive rippeeni rippeideni rippeitteni partitive ripettäni rippeitäni inessive rippeessäni rippeissäni elative rippeestäni rippeistäni illative rippeeseeni rippeisiini rippeihini adessive rippeelläni rippeilläni ablative rippeeltäni rippeiltäni allative rippeelleni rippeilleni essive rippeenäni rippeinäni translative rippeekseni rippeikseni abessive rippeettäni rippeittäni instructive — — comitative — rippeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rippeesi rippeesi accusative nom. rippeesi rippeesi gen. rippeesi genitive rippeesi rippeidesi rippeittesi partitive ripettäsi rippeitäsi inessive rippeessäsi rippeissäsi elative rippeestäsi rippeistäsi illative rippeeseesi rippeisiisi rippeihisi adessive rippeelläsi rippeilläsi ablative rippeeltäsi rippeiltäsi allative rippeellesi rippeillesi essive rippeenäsi rippeinäsi translative rippeeksesi rippeiksesi abessive rippeettäsi rippeittäsi instructive — — comitative — rippeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rippeemme rippeemme accusative nom. rippeemme rippeemme gen. rippeemme genitive rippeemme rippeidemme rippeittemme partitive ripettämme rippeitämme inessive rippeessämme rippeissämme elative rippeestämme rippeistämme illative rippeeseemme rippeisiimme rippeihimme adessive rippeellämme rippeillämme ablative rippeeltämme rippeiltämme allative rippeellemme rippeillemme essive rippeenämme rippeinämme translative rippeeksemme rippeiksemme abessive rippeettämme rippeittämme instructive — — comitative — rippeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rippeenne rippeenne accusative nom. rippeenne rippeenne gen. rippeenne genitive rippeenne rippeidenne rippeittenne partitive ripettänne rippeitänne inessive rippeessänne rippeissänne elative rippeestänne rippeistänne illative rippeeseenne rippeisiinne rippeihinne adessive rippeellänne rippeillänne ablative rippeeltänne rippeiltänne allative rippeellenne rippeillenne essive rippeenänne rippeinänne translative rippeeksenne rippeiksenne abessive rippeettänne rippeittänne instructive — — comitative — rippeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rippeensä rippeensä accusative nom. rippeensä rippeensä gen. rippeensä genitive rippeensä rippeidensä rippeittensä partitive ripettään ripettänsä rippeitään rippeitänsä inessive rippeessään rippeessänsä rippeissään rippeissänsä elative rippeestään rippeestänsä rippeistään rippeistänsä illative rippeeseensä rippeisiinsä rippeihinsä adessive rippeellään rippeellänsä rippeillään rippeillänsä ablative rippeeltään rippeeltänsä rippeiltään rippeiltänsä allative rippeelleen rippeellensä rippeilleen rippeillensä essive rippeenään rippeenänsä rippeinään rippeinänsä translative rippeekseen rippeeksensä rippeikseen rippeiksensä abessive rippeettään rippeettänsä rippeittään rippeittänsä instructive — — comitative — rippeineen rippeinensä

Derived terms

compounds

• voimanripe

 

Further reading

• “ripe”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[7] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• peri, peri-, repi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁip/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: ripes, ripent

Verb

ripe

1. inflection of riper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ripe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• péri, pire, prie, prié

Galician

Verb

ripe

1. inflection of ripar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.pe/
• Rhymes: -ipe
• Hyphenation: rì‧pe

Noun

ripe f

1. plural of ripa

Anagrams

• iper-, peri, peri-, perì

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Of unknown origin (noun, sense 1); from the same origin as rive (noun sense 2 and verb)

Noun

ripe f or m (definite singular ripa or ripen, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

1. (nautical) gunwale, edge

   Synonyms: båtripe, esing

2. a scratch

Alternative forms

• rip

Verb

ripe (imperative rip, present tense riper, passive ripes, simple past ripa or ripet or ripte, past participle ripa or ripet or ript, present participle ripende)

1. to scratch, score
2. to strike (a match)

References

• “ripe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ripe_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ripe_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ripe_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²riːpə/

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• rip, ripa

Noun

ripe f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

1. (nautical) gunwale, edge

   Synonyms: båtripe, esing

Etymology 2

Of the same origin as rive.

Alternative forms

• ripa

Verb

ripe (present tense ripar, past tense ripa, past participle ripa, passive infinitive ripast, present participle ripande, imperative ripe/rip)

1. to scratch, score
2. to strike (a match)

Noun

ripe f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)

1. a scratch

   Synonym: rip

References

• “ripe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• pire, prei, reip

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈriː.pe/

Adjective

rīpe

1. ripe
2. mature

Declension

Declension of rīpe — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rīpe	rīpu, rīpo	rīpe
Accusative	rīpne	rīpe	rīpe
Genitive	rīpes	rīpre	rīpes
Dative	rīpum	rīpre	rīpum
Instrumental	rīpe	rīpre	rīpe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rīpe	rīpa, rīpe	rīpu, rīpo
Accusative	rīpe	rīpa, rīpe	rīpu, rīpo
Genitive	rīpra	rīpra	rīpra
Dative	rīpum	rīpum	rīpum
Instrumental	rīpum	rīpum	rīpum

Declension of rīpe — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rīpa	rīpe	rīpe
Accusative	rīpan	rīpan	rīpe
Genitive	rīpan	rīpan	rīpan
Dative	rīpan	rīpan	rīpan
Instrumental	rīpan	rīpan	rīpan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rīpan	rīpan	rīpan
Accusative	rīpan	rīpan	rīpan
Genitive	rīpra, rīpena	rīpra, rīpena	rīpra, rīpena
Dative	rīpum	rīpum	rīpum
Instrumental	rīpum	rīpum	rīpum

Antonyms

• unrīpe

Derived terms

• rīpnes

Descendants

• English: ripe

Portuguese

Verb

ripe

1. inflection of ripar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative