rype

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish rype.

Noun

rype (plural rypes)

1. 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

Adjective

rype

1. Obsolete spelling of ripe.

Anagrams

• prey, pyre

Danish

Etymology

From Norwegian rype, from Old Norse rjúpa (“ptarmigan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ryːpə/, [ˈʁyːb̥ə]

Noun

rype c (singular definite rypen, plural indefinite ryper)

1. ptarmigan (of the genus Lagopus)

Inflection

Declension of rype

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

References

• “rype” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse rjúpa.

Noun

rype f or m (definite singular rypa or rypen, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)

1. a grouse or ptarmigan (genus Lagopus)
2. (colloquial, slightly vulgar) girl

Derived terms

• fjellrype
• lirype
• rypefalk

References

• “rype” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• rjupa, rjupe, rypa

Etymology

From Old Norse rjúpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ryːpə/

Noun

rype f (definite singular rypa, indefinite plural ryper, definite plural rypene)

1. a grouse or ptarmigan (genus Lagopus)
2. (colloquial, slightly vulgar) girl

Derived terms

• Jostedalsrypa
• fjellrype
• lirype
• rypefalk

References

• “rype” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.