rike

Results from the difficulty of pronouncing the phoneme /l/ for L1 speakers of many Far East languages.

• IPA^(key): /ɹaɪk/

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• Rhymes: -aɪk

rike (third-person singular simple present rikes, present participle riking, simple past and past participle riked)

1. (Far East) Pronunciation spelling of like.

• Erik, Keir, Keri, Kier, Riek, keir, keri, kier

Derived from the verb rikkoa (“to break”) +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrikeˣ/, [ˈrike̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧ke

rike

1. (law) minor offence/offense, misdemeanor, infraction
2. (sports) foul

• rikesakko

• rikos

• Erik, keri, reki

From Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.

rike n

1. lordship, dominion
2. realm

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: rijk
• Limburgish: riek

From Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.

rike

1. powerful, mighty
2. important
3. rich

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: rijk
• Limburgish: riek

• “rike (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “rike (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “rike (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “rike (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

rike

1. Alternative form of riche (“rich”)

rike

1. Alternative form of riche (“realm”)

   For al þis rike A ded knyght wald I noght strike. — Seven Sages, a1425

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural of rik

From Old Norse ríki.

rike n (definite singular riket, indefinite plural riker, definite plural rika or rikene)

1. an empire
2. a realm
3. a kingdom (see also kongerike)

• “rike” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²riːçə/, /²riːkə/

From Old Norse ríki.

rike n (definite singular riket, indefinite plural rike, definite plural rika)

1. an empire
2. a realm
3. a kingdom (see also kongerike)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural of rik

• “rike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• krei, reik, reki

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Cognate with Dutch rijk and German Reich.

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːˌkɛ/

rike

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of rik.

rike n

1. a realm, kingdom, empire, nation

   De båda rikena skola hafwa twå gemensamma huvudmynt.

   The two kingdoms shall have two common main currencies. (Sweden and Norway, two realms united under one king, 1814-1905)

2. (taxonomy) a kingdom (animal, plant) of biological classification

• (definite form "riket" to mean Sweden) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

• Erik