The Swedish word for rice is
ris
Translations for rice and their definitions
ris | |
1. n. small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry, mostly in compounds: blåbärsris, lingonris | |
2. n. twigs in a heap or as for a broom | |
De lade sina liggunderlag på björkriset. | |
They put their hiking mattresses on the birch twigs. | |
Han skall få smaka riset för det här. | |
He'll get birched (taste the twigs) for this. | |
3. n. rice; a plant | |
4. n. rice; food from the rice plant | |
5. n. heavily negative criticism (cf the corporal punishment) | |
Föreställningen fick mycket ris. | |
The performance got much negative criticism. | |
6. n. a measure: 500 sheets (of paper) |
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