ris
French, noun/ʁi/
ris is spelled R-I-S (3 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ris is a French masculine noun meaning “reef (portion of a sail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/second-person singular present indicative of rire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rire”.
What does ris mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereef (portion of a sail)
noun
- 1
masculinesweetbread (of a lamb or calf)
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinelaughter, laugh
- 2
masculinepleasures
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
- 3
first/second-person singular past historic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rire. 2. Plaisirs.
noun: 1. Réduction de la surface d’une voile, obtenue en enserrant une partie de cette voile dans des garcettes.
noun: 1. Thymus du veau ou de l’agneau.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ris?
- /ʁi/
- \ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ris
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ris in French?
ris appears 5.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).