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Definition: Ribes |
RibesNoun1. A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Ribes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Synonym: RibesSynonym: genus Ribes (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ribes |
| English words defined with "Ribes": blister rust ♦ Cronartium ribicola, currant, currant bush ♦ genus Ribes ♦ Ribes grossularia, Ribes nigrum, Ribes rubrum, Ribes sanguineum, Ribes sativum, Ribes uva-crispa. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ribes" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Italian (currant, gooseberry). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ribes sanguineum.Credit: Ron Halvorson. |
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| "Ribes" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ribes" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Ribes": genus Ribes ♦ Ribes aureum ♦ Ribes floridum ♦ Ribes grossularia ♦ ribes nigrum ♦ Ribes rubrum ♦ Ribes sanguineum ♦ Ribes sativum. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ribes | 12 |
ribes nigrum | 9 |
alpinum ribes | 6 |
ribes sanguineum | 5 |
aureum ribes | 4 |
odoratum ribes | 3 |
emilio ribes | 2 |
prosper ribes | 2 |
cereum ribes | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Ribes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Champetier de Ribes'ballondilatator (Champetier de Ribes bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | manipulatie van Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes manipulation), handgreep van Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes manipulation), ballon van Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | manoeuvre de Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes manipulation), dilatateur de Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes bag), dilatateur à ballonnet de Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Champetier de Ribes Handgriff (Champetier de Ribes manipulation), Champetier de Ribes Dilatator (Champetier de Ribes bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pallone di Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes bag), manovra di Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ibesray manobra de Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes manipulation), dilatador de Champetier de Ribes (Champetier de Ribes bag). (various references) maniobra de Champetier (Champetier de Ribes manipulation), balón de Champetier (Champetier de Ribes bag). (various references) Kuşüzümü Fidanı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Ribes": ascribes, bribes, caribes, circumscribes, conscribes, describes, diatribes, inscribes, misdescribes, mistranscribes, outbribes, overprescribes, oversubscribes, prescribes, proscribes, redescribes, scribes, subscribes, subtribes, superscribes, transcribes, tribes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Ribes": tribesman, tribesmen, tribespeople. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Ribes" (pronounced 'Ri"bes'): Pubes, tabes. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: biers, birse, bries. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-r-s" | |
-1 letter: bier, bise, brie, bris, ires, rebs, reis, ribs, rise, sire. | |
-2 letters: bis, ers, ire, reb, rei, res, rib, sei, ser, sib, sir, sri. | |
-3 letters: be, bi, er, es, is, re, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-r-s" | |
+1 letter: bestir, biders, bikers, birles, birses, bister, bistre, biters, braise, brewis, bribes, brides, briefs, briers, brines, bruise, buries, busier, debris, fibers, fibres, gibers, jibers, libers, rabies, rebids, ribose, rubies, scribe, tribes. | |
+2 letters: abiders, ambries, ascribe, bailers, baiters, barites, bearish, begirds, begrims, beliers, bemires, berimes, berlins, berries, bestirs, bestrid, bibbers, bickers, bidders, bilkers, billers, binders, bingers, birches, birders, birdies, biremes, birkies, birlers, bisters, bistred, bistres, bitters, blister, boilers, borides, boskier, bossier, braised, braises, braizes, brasier, brassie, braxies, bribees, bribers, bridges, bridles, briners, brinies, brisked, brisker, brisket, brisses, bristle, bruised, bruiser, bruises, burdies, buriers, burnies, bushier, bustier, byrnies, caribes, corbies, darbies, derbies, dibbers, disrobe, erbiums, fibbers, frisbee, fubsier, gerbils, gibbers, imbrues, inbreds, isobare, jibbers, libbers, limbers, orbiest, ourebis, rabbies, rebaits, rebills, rebinds, reboils, ribbers, ribeyes, ribiers, ribless, riblets, riboses, risible, rubiest, rugbies, scribed, scriber, scribes, seabird, sidebar, suberic, suberin, terbias, timbers, timbres, verbids. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 69 62 65 73 |
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