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overripe

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

too ripe and beginning to turn soft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English ripe English overripe From over- + ripe.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَفَسِّخ (mutafassiḵ) — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Arabic: مُفْرِط اَلنُّضْج (mufriṭ an-nuḍj) — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Bulgarian: презрял (prezrjal) — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Czech: přezrálý — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Dutch: overrijp — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Finnish: ylikypsä — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • French: blet — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • German: überreif — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Ingrian: rappia — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Irish: críon-aibí — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Irish: cianaibí — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Italian: sovramaturo — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Latin: fracidus — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Macedonian: презреан (prezrean) — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Māori: tāromiromi — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Norman: bliat — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overmoden — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: overmoden — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: overmogen — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Polish: przejrzały — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Romansh: stramadir — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Russian: перезре́лый (perezrélyj) — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Spanish: pasado — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Spanish: sobremaduro — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Swedish: övermogen — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Thai: งอม (ngɔɔm) — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Vietnamese: chín nẫu — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Vietnamese: nẫu — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Vietnamese: già — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad
  • Welsh: goraeddfed — excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad