rype

English

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromDanishrype.

Noun

rype(pluralrypes)

1. A bird, theptarmigan.
   • 1909,Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News,volume32,page426:

     Therypesand our red grouse are identically the same bird, though disease has never been known in the former, and even interbreeding with the red grouse, to the limited extent they are ever likely to do, should do more good than harm.

Etymology 2

Adjective

rype

1. Obsoletespelling ofripe.

Anagrams

• prey,pyre

Danish

Etymology

FromNorwegianrype,fromOld Norserjúpa(“ptarmigan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ryːpə/,[ˈʁyːb̥ə]

Noun

rypec(singular definiterypen,plural indefiniteryper)

1. ptarmigan(of the genusLagopus)

Inflection

Declension ofrype

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rype	rypen	ryper	ryperne
genitive	rypes	rypens	rypers	rypernes

References

• “rype”inDen Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

FromOld Norserjúpa.

Noun

rypeform(definite singularrypaorrypen,indefinite pluralryper,definite pluralrypene)

1. agrouseorptarmigan(genusLagopus)
2. (colloquial,slightlyvulgar)girl

Derived terms

• fjellrype
• lirype
• rypefalk

References

• “rype”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• rjupa,rjupe,rypa

Etymology

FromOld Norserjúpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/²ryːpə/

Noun

rypef(definite singularrypa,indefinite pluralryper,definite pluralrypene)

1. agrouseorptarmigan(genusLagopus)
2. (colloquial,slightlyvulgar)girl

Derived terms

• Jostedalsrypa
• fjellrype
• lirype
• rypefalk

References

• “rype”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.