rype
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editrype (plural rypes)
- A bird, the ptarmigan.
- 1909, Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News, volume 32, page 426:
- The rypes and 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
editAdjective
editrype
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Norwegian rype, from Old Norse rjúpa (“ptarmigan”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrype c (singular definite rypen, plural indefinite ryper)
Inflection
editDeclension of rype
References
edit- “rype” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editrype f or m (definite singular rypa or rypen, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “rype” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrype f (definite singular rypa, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “rype” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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