# ripe
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ɹaɪp/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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)
* (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.
* (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
    ripe cheese
    ripe wine
* (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
* (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge. (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
* 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
* 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, →ISBN, page 18:He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.
* (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?
* (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, →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.
* Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:malodorous
** 2004, Colum McCann, Fishing the Sloe-Black River‎, →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

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#### Noun

ripe (plural ripes)
* (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
** 1993, Paul J. Dosal, Doing Business with the Dictators‎, →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
#### Verb

ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)
* 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
### Etymology 2

From Middle English ripe, from Latin ripa.

#### Noun

ripe (plural ripes)
* 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)
* (transitive, obsolete) To search; to rummage.

##### Related terms

* rip

### Etymology 4

An alteration of rife.

#### Adjective

ripe (not comparable)
* (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 ‎: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: /ˈripeˣ/, [ˈripe̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ipe
* Hyphenation: ri‧pe

### Noun

ripe
* (chiefly in the plural) the leftovers, remains

#### Declension

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

* voimanripe

#### References

* ↑ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “ripe”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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: /ʁip/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: ripes, ripent

### Verb

ripe
* inflection of riper:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** 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
* inflection of ripar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈri.pe/
* Rhymes: -ipe
* Hyphenation: rì‧pe

### Noun

ripe f
* 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)
* (nautical) gunwale, edge
    Synonyms: båtripe, esing
* 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)
* to scratch, score
* 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: /²riːpə/

### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Alternative forms

* rip, ripa

#### Noun

ripe f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)
* (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)
* to scratch, score
* to strike (a match)

#### Noun

ripe f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural riper, definite plural ripene)
* 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: /ˈriː.pe/

### Adjective

rīpe
* ripe
* mature

#### Antonyms

* unrīpe

#### Derived terms

* rīpnes

#### Descendants

* English: ripe

## Portuguese
### Verb

ripe
* inflection of ripar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative