# rib
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: rĭb, IPA: /ɹɪb/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪb

### Etymology 1

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).
Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”).
(wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.

#### Noun

rib (plural ribs)
* (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
** 1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 1:On an early winter afternoon, clear but not cold, when the vegetable world was a weird multitude of skeletons through whose ribs the sun shone freely, a gleaming landau came to a pause on the crest of a hill in Wessex.
* (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
    umbrella ribs
* A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
* (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
* (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
* (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
* (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
* (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
* A teasing joke.
* (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
* A stalk of celery.
* (archaic, literary or humorous) A wife or woman.
** 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales:'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'

##### Derived terms

* abdominal rib
* beef rib
* chuck rib
* false rib
* floating rib
* lierne rib
* middle rib
* prime rib
* ribbed vault
* ribcage
* rib-cage
* rib-eye
* rib eye
* ribeye, ribeye steak
* rib-eye steak
* rib eye steak
* rib-faced deer
* ribgrass
* rib-rack
* ribspare
* rib steak
* rib-tickler
* rib-tickling
* rib vault
* ribwort
* short rib
* spare rib
* spare-rib
* sparerib
* spear-rib
* standing rib
* stick to one's ribs
* toby rib
* true rib

##### Translations

Afar: masangale
Afrikaans: rib (af)
Ainu: ウッ (ut)
Aiton: please add this translation if you can
Aklanon: gusok
Albanian: brinjë (sq)
Arabic: ضِلْع (ar) m (ḍilʕ)
Egyptian Arabic: ضلع m (ḍelʕ)
Moroccan Arabic: ضلعة f (ḍalʕa)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: אלעא f (el‘ā, el‘o)
Syriac: ܐܠܥܐ f (el‘ā, el‘o)
Armenian: կող (hy) (koġ)
Aromanian: coastã f
Assamese: কামিহাড় (kamihar)
Asturian: costiella (ast) f
Azerbaijani: qabırğa (az)
Bashkir: ҡабырға (qabırğa)
Basque: saihets-hezurra
Belarusian: рабро́ n (rabró)
Bhojpuri: पसली (pasᵊlī)
Blackfoot: mohpikíístsi
Brunei Malay: bidai
Bulgarian: ребро́ (bg) n (rebró)
Burmese: နံရိုး (my) (nam-rui:)
Catalan: costella (ca) f
Cebuano: gusok
Chechen: пӏенда (pʼenda)
Chinese:
Hakka: 骿籬骨 / 骿篱骨 (piangˊ liˇ gudˋ)
Hokkien: 箅仔骨 (zh-min-nan) (pín-á-kut)
Mandarin: 肋骨 (zh) (lèigǔ)
Cornish: (collective) asow, asowen f
Czech: žebro (cs) n
Dalmatian: cuasta f
Danish: ribben (da) c
Dongxiang: qaruha, qaruGa
Dutch: rib (nl) f
Egyptian: (spr m)
Esperanto: ripo (eo)
Ewe: agbaƒuti n
Faroese: rivjabein n
Finnish: kylkiluu (fi)
French: côte (fr) f
Friulian: cueste f
Galician: costela (gl) f
Georgian: ნეკნი (neḳni)
German: Rippe (de) f
Greek: πλευρό (el) n (plevró), παΐδι (el) n (paḯdi) (colloquial), πλευρά (el) f (plevrá) (formally)
Ancient: πλευρά f (pleurá)
Hebrew: צלע (he) f (tsela)
Higaonon: gusuk
Hindi: पसली (hi) (paslī)
Hungarian: borda (hu)
Ido: kosto (io)
Indonesian: rusuk (id)
Ingrian: kylkiluu, kuveluu (dialectal)
Ingush: пӏенда (pʼenda)
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: easna f
Italian: costola (it) f, costa (it) f
Japanese: 肋骨 (ja) (ろっこつ, rokkotsu)
Kapampangan: tagyang, tagiang
Kaurna: paintyi warpu
Kazakh: қабырға (kk) (qabyrğa)
Khamti: please add this translation if you can
Khiamniungan Naga: û
Khmer: ជំនីរ (cumnii)
Korean: 갈비 (ko) (galbi), 늑골(肋骨) (neukgol)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پەراسوو (ckb) (perasû)
Northern Kurdish: perasû (ku) m, parsû (ku)
Kyrgyz: кабырга (ky) (kabırga)
Lao: ກະດູກຂ້າງ (lo) (ka dūk khāng), ດູກຂ້າງ (dūk khāng)
Latgalian: suonkauļs
Latin: costa (la) f
Latvian: sānkauls (lv) m, riba f
Linngithigh: ighat
Lithuanian: šonkaulis
Low German: Ribb f
Luxembourgish: Rëpp (lb) f
Macedonian: ре́бро n (rébro)
Maguindanao: gusuk
Malay: tulang rusuk (ms), rusuk (ms), kosta
Malayalam: വാരിയെല്ല് (ml) (vāriyellŭ)
Maltese: kustilja f
Manchu: ᡝᠪᠴᡳ (ebci)
Mansaka: gosok
Maori: rara, kaokao
Maranao: gosok
Minangkabau: rusuak (min)
Mongolian: хавирга (mn) (xavirga)
Mwani: luwavu
Nanai: хэучилэ (heučile)
Navajo: átsą́ą́ʼ
Neapolitan: custata
Nepali: करङ (karaṅ)
Norman: côte f
Northern Altai: кавырга (kavïrga), кабырга (kabïrga)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ribbein n
Nynorsk: ribbein n
Occitan: costèla (oc) f, còsta (oc) f
Ojibwe: (my rib) nipigemag
Old English: ribb n
Ossetian: фӕрск (færsk)
Ottoman Turkish: قبورغه (kaburga)
Persian: پهلو (fa) (pahlu), دنده (fa) (dande)
Phake: please add this translation if you can
Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa
Plautdietsch: Rebb f
Polabian: rebrü n
Polish: żebro (pl) n
Portuguese: costela (pt) f
Rapa Nui: kavakava
Rohingya: cáiththana
Romanian: coastă (ro) f
Russian: ребро́ (ru) n (rebró)
Saho: kabbud
Sanskrit: पर्शु (sa) m (parśu)
Sardinian: colta f, costa f
Scottish Gaelic: asna f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ребро n
Roman: rebro (sh) n
Shan: လုပ်ႇၶၢင်ႈ (shn) (lùp khāang)
Slovak: rebro (sk) n
Slovene: rebro (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kórabja f
Southern Altai: кабырга (kabïrga)
Spanish: costilla (es) f
Sundanese: tulang iga (su)
Swedish: revben (sv) n
Tagalog: tadyang (tl)
Tahitian: ʻaoʻao
Tamil: விலாவெலும்பு (ta) (vilāvelumpu), பழுவெலும்பு (ta) (paḻuvelumpu)
Tarifit: taɣezdist f
Tausug: gusuk
Telugu: (emukula gUdu)
Thai: ซี่โครง (th) (sîi-kroong)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: pauṣke
Turkish: kaburga (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎍𐎓 (ṣlʿ)
Ukrainian: ребро́ n (rebró)
Urdu: پَسْلی f (paslī)
Uyghur: قوۋۇرغا (qowurgha)
Vietnamese: xương sườn (vi), sườn (vi)
Volapük: rib (vo)
Walloon: coisse (wa) f
Welsh: asen f
West Frisian: ribbe c
Western Bukidnon Manobo: gusuk
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Wolof: faar (wo)
Yakan: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: ריפּ f (rip)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can :
Albanian: brinjë (sq)
Bulgarian: ребърце n (rebǎrce)
Catalan: costella (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 排骨 (paai$^4$ gwat$^1$)
Egyptian: (spr m)
Finnish: kylki (fi)
French: côtelette (fr) f, côte (fr) f
Galician: costela (gl) f, entrecosto (gl) m, costeleta (gl) f
German: Rippchen (de) m, costillar m
Greek: παϊδάκι (el) n (païdáki)
Ancient: σχελίς f (skhelís)
Hungarian: borda (hu)
Italian: spuntatura (it) f, costoletta (it) f
Japanese: 肋肉 (ja) (ばらにく, baraniku)
Latvian: ribiņas f pl
Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa
Polish: żeberko (pl) n
Portuguese: costela (pt) f
Russian: рёбрышки (ru) n pl (rjóbryški)
Spanish: costillar (es) m
Swedish: revbensspjäll (sv) n
Tarifit: taɣezdist f
Walloon: coisse (wa) f :
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#### Verb

rib (third-person singular simple present ribs, present participle ribbing, simple past and past participle ribbed)
* To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
* To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
    He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.
** 2025 March 7, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, “Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:Mr. Musk, who wore a suit and tie to Thursday’s meeting instead of his usual T-shirt after Mr. Trump publicly ribbed him about his sloppy appearance, defended himself by saying that he had three companies with a market cap of tens of billions of dollars, and that his results spoke for themselves.
* To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
** 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 vii]:It [lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
* (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).

#### Noun

rib (plural ribs)
* (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
* (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
* (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).

##### Translations
### Further reading

* rib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* IRB, BIR, Bir, Bri, BRI, RBI, IBR

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: rib

### Noun

rib (plural ribbe, diminutive ribbetjie)
* (anatomy) rib

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɪp/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: rib
* Rhymes: -ɪp

### Noun

rib m (plural ribben, diminutive ribje n)
* rib
    Je kunt haar ribben tellen. ― You can count her ribs.
    Dat is een rib uit mijn lijf. ― That's a rib from my body.
* a truss (wooden frame)

#### Derived terms

* ribbel
* ribbenkast
* ribstuk
* scheepsrib

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: rib
* Berbice Creole Dutch: rebu
* Negerhollands: rippe, reppe, ribi
* → Papiamentu: repchi, ribtsje (from the diminutive)

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From ribe (“hair, blade, tape”).

### Verb

rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)
* trap, ensnare

#### Related terms

* ribe

## Slovene
### Noun

rib
* genitive dual/plural of riba

## Yapese
### Adverb

rib
* very

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ɣip˧/
* Tone numbers: rib$^8$
* Hyphenation: rib

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *C̬.lepᴰ (“fingernail; toenail”). Cognate with Thai เล็บ (lép), Lao ເລັບ (lep), Shan ၼဵပ်ႉ (nâ̰ep), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜆𑜫 (lip), Saek หลี้บ.

#### Noun

rib (Sawndip forms 𭻎 or 𭶫, 1957–1982 spelling rib)
* nail (on fingers and toes)
    Synonym: (dialectal) gyaep
* claw; talon
    Synonym: nyauj
* hoof
    Synonym: ve

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

rib (1957–1982 spelling rib)
* to clean up; to tidy up
* to confiscate