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From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1rebh- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”). (wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.

From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).

281 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afar: masangale — curved bone
• Afrikaans: rib — curved bone
• Ainu: ウッ (ut) — curved bone
• Aklanon: gusok — curved bone
• Albanian: brinjë — curved bone
• Albanian: bri — curved bone
• Northern Altai: кавырга (kavïrga) — curved bone
• Northern Altai: кабырга (kabïrga) — curved bone
• Southern Altai: кабырга (kabïrga) — curved bone
• Chungli Ao: tesaret — curved bone
• Arabic: ضِلْع (ḍilʕ) — curved bone
• Arabic: ضلع (ḍelʕ) — curved bone
• Arabic: ضلعة (ḍalʕa) — curved bone
• Aramaic: אלעא (el‘ā, el‘o) — curved bone
• Aramaic: ܐܠܥܐ (el‘ā, el‘o) — curved bone
• Armenian: կող (koġ) — curved bone
• Aromanian: coastã — curved bone
• Assamese: কামিহাড় (kamihar) — curved bone
• Asturian: costiella — curved bone
• Azerbaijani: qabırğa — curved bone
• Bashkir: ҡабырға (qabırğa) — curved bone
• Basque: saihets-hezurra — curved bone
• Belarusian: рабро́ (rabró) — curved bone
• Bhojpuri: पसली (pasəlī) — curved bone
• Blackfoot: mohpikíístsi — curved bone
• Bube: sibatyabatya — curved bone
• Bulgarian: ребро́ (rebró) — curved bone
• Burmese: နံရိုး (nam-rui:) — curved bone
• Catalan: costella — curved bone
• Cebuano: gusok — curved bone
• Chechen: пӏенда (pʼenda) — curved bone
• Hakka Chinese: 骿籬骨 /骿篱骨 (piangˊ liˇ gudˋ) — curved bone
• Chinese: 箅仔骨 (zh-min-nan) — curved bone
• Chinese Mandarin: 肋骨 (lèigǔ) — curved bone
• Cornish: asow — curved bone
• Cornish: asowen — curved bone
• Czech: žebro — curved bone
• Dalmatian: cuasta — curved bone
• Danish: ribben — curved bone
• Dongxiang: qaruha — curved bone
• Dongxiang: qaruGa — curved bone
• Dutch: rib — curved bone
• Egyptian: s-p:r-spr (spr) — curved bone
• Esperanto: ripo — curved bone
• Ewe: agbaƒuti — curved bone
• Faroese: rivjabein — curved bone
• Finnish: kylkiluu — curved bone
• French: côte — curved bone
• West-Frisian: ribbe — curved bone
• Friulian: cueste — curved bone
• Galician: costela — curved bone
• Georgian: ნეკნი (neḳni) — curved bone
• German: Rippe — curved bone
• Greek: πλευρό (plevró) — curved bone
• Greek: παΐδι (paḯdi) — curved bone
• Greek: πλευρά (plevrá) — curved bone
• Ancient Greek: πλευρά (pleurá) — curved bone
• Ancient Greek: πλευρόν (pleurón) — curved bone
• Hebrew: צלע (tsela) — curved bone
• Higaonon: gusuk — curved bone
• Hindi: पसली (paslī) — curved bone
• Hungarian: borda — curved bone
• Ido: kosto — curved bone
• Indonesian: rusuk — curved bone
• Ingrian: kylkiluu — curved bone
• Ingrian: kuveluu — curved bone
• Ingush: пӏенда (pʼenda) — curved bone
• Irish: easna — curved bone
• Italian: costola — curved bone
• Italian: costa — curved bone
• Japanese: 肋骨 (rokkotsu) — curved bone
• Kapampangan: tagyang — curved bone
• Kapampangan: tagiang — curved bone
• Kaurna: paintyi warpu — curved bone
• Kazakh: қабырға (qabyrğa) — curved bone
• Khmer: ជំនីរ (cumnii) — curved bone
• Korean: 갈비 (galbi) — curved bone
• Korean: 늑골 (neukgol) — curved bone
• Central Kurdish: پەراسوو (perasû) — curved bone
• Northern Kurdish: perasû — curved bone
• Northern Kurdish: parsû — curved bone
• Kyrgyz: кабырга (kabırga) — curved bone
• Lao: ກະດູກຂ້າງ (ka dūk khāng) — curved bone
• Lao: ດູກຂ້າງ (dūk khāng) — curved bone
• Latgalian: suonkauļs — curved bone
• Latin: costa — curved bone
• Latvian: sānkauls — curved bone
• Latvian: riba — curved bone
• Linngithigh: ighat — curved bone
• Lithuanian: šonkaulis — curved bone
• Low German: Ribb — curved bone
• Luxembourgish: Rëpp — curved bone
• Macedonian: ре́бро (rébro) — curved bone
• Maguindanao: gusuk — curved bone
• Malay: tulang rusuk — curved bone
• Malay: rusuk — curved bone
• Malay: kosta — curved bone
• Brunei Malay: bidai — curved bone
• Malayalam: വാരിയെല്ല് (vāriyellŭ) — curved bone
• Maltese: kustilja — curved bone
• Manchu: ᡝᠪᠴᡳ (ebci) — curved bone
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: gusuk — curved bone
• Mansaka: gosok — curved bone
• Māori: rara — curved bone
• Māori: kaokao — curved bone
• Maranao: gosok — curved bone
• Minangkabau: rusuak — curved bone
• Mongolian: хавирга (xavirga) — curved bone
• Mwani: luwavu — curved bone
• Khiamniungan Naga: û — curved bone
• Nanai: хэучилэ (heučile) — curved bone
• Navajo: átsą́ą́ʼ — curved bone
• Neapolitan: custata — curved bone
• Nepali: करङ (karaṅ) — curved bone
• Norman: côte — curved bone
• Norwegian Bokmål: ribbein — curved bone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ribbein — curved bone
• Occitan: costèla — curved bone
• Occitan: còsta — curved bone
• Ojibwe: nipigemag — curved bone
• Old English: ribb — curved bone
• Ossetian: фӕрск (færsk) — curved bone
• Persian: پهلو (pahlu) — curved bone
• Persian: دنده (dande) — curved bone
• Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa — curved bone
• Plautdietsch: Rebb — curved bone
• Polabian: rebrü — curved bone
• Polish: żebro — curved bone
• Portuguese: costela — curved bone
• Rapa Nui: kavakava — curved bone
• Rohingya: cáiththana — curved bone
• Romanian: coastă — curved bone
• Russian: ребро́ (rebró) — curved bone
• Saho: kabbud — curved bone
• Sanskrit: पर्शु (parśu) — curved bone
• Sardinian: colta — curved bone
• Sardinian: costa — curved bone
• Scottish Gaelic: asna — curved bone
• Serbo-Croatian: ребро — curved bone
• Serbo-Croatian: rebro — curved bone
• Shan: လုပ်ႇၶၢင်ႈ (lùp khāang) — curved bone
• Sicilian: costa — curved bone
• Slovak: rebro — curved bone
• Slovene: rebro — curved bone
• Lower Sorbian: kórabja — curved bone
• Spanish: costilla — curved bone
• Sundanese: tulang iga — curved bone
• Swedish: revben — curved bone
• Tagalog: tadyang — curved bone
• Tahitian: ʻaoʻao — curved bone
• Tamil: விலாவெலும்பு (vilāvelumpu) — curved bone
• Tamil: பழுவெலும்பு (paḻuvelumpu) — curved bone
• Tarifit: taɣezdist — curved bone
• Tausug: gusuk — curved bone
• Thai: ซี่โครง (sîi-kroong) — curved bone
• Tocharian B: pauṣke — curved bone
• Turkish: kaburga — curved bone
• Ottoman Turkish: قبورغه (kaburga) — curved bone
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎍𐎓 (ṣlʿ) — curved bone
• Ukrainian: ребро́ (rebró) — curved bone
• Unami: xkelixën — curved bone
• Urdu: پَسْلی (paslī) — curved bone
• Uyghur: قوۋۇرغا (qowurgha) — curved bone
• Vietnamese: xương sườn — curved bone
• Vietnamese: sườn — curved bone
• Volapük: rib — curved bone
• Walloon: coisse — curved bone
• Welsh: asen — curved bone
• Wolof: faar — curved bone
• Yiddish: ריפּ (rip) — curved bone
• Bulgarian: ребро (rebro) — part similar to rib
• Catalan: barnilla — part similar to rib
• Finnish: kaari — part similar to rib
• German: Rippe — part similar to rib
• German: Strebe — part similar to rib
• Italian: costone — part similar to rib
• Spanish: costilla — part similar to rib
• Albanian: brinjë — cut of meat
• Bulgarian: ребърце (rebǎrce) — cut of meat
• Catalan: costella — cut of meat
• Chinese Cantonese: 排骨 (paai4 gwat1) — cut of meat
• Egyptian: s-p:r-spr (spr) — cut of meat
• Finnish: kylki — cut of meat
• French: côtelette — cut of meat
• French: côte — cut of meat
• Galician: costela — cut of meat
• Galician: entrecosto — cut of meat
• Galician: costeleta — cut of meat
• German: Rippchen — cut of meat
• German: costillar — cut of meat
• Greek: παϊδάκι (païdáki) — cut of meat
• Ancient Greek: σχελίς (skhelís) — cut of meat
• Hungarian: borda — cut of meat
• Italian: spuntatura — cut of meat
• Italian: costoletta — cut of meat
• Japanese: 肋肉 (baraniku) — cut of meat
• Latvian: ribiņas — cut of meat
• Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa — cut of meat
• Polish: żeberko — cut of meat
• Portuguese: costela — cut of meat
• Russian: рёбрышки (rjóbryški) — cut of meat
• Spanish: costillar — cut of meat
• Swedish: revbensspjäll — cut of meat
• Tarifit: taɣezdist — cut of meat
• Walloon: coisse — cut of meat
• Bulgarian: ребро (rebro) — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Catalan: quaderna — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Czech: žebro — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Finnish: kaari — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Galician: caderna — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• German: Spant — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Greek: στραβόξυλο (stravóxylo) — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Greek: νομείς (nomeís) — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Ancient Greek: δρύοχος (drúokhos) — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Hungarian: borda — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Irish: easna — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Irish: maide — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Italian: madiere — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Japanese: あばら骨 (abarabone) — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Latin: statūmen — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Maltese: qafas — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Māori: katea — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Portuguese: costela — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Portuguese: caverna — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Russian: ребро́ (rebró) — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Spanish: costilla — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Spanish: cuaderna — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Ottoman Turkish: قبورغه (kaburga) — nautical: part of a ship’s framework
• Bulgarian: ребро (rebro) — shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing
• Finnish: kaari — shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing
• French: nervure — shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing
• German: Rippe — shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing
• Greek: νεύρο (névro) — shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing
• Italian: nervatura — shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing
• Spanish: costilla — shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing
• Catalan: nervi — architecture: projecting member
• Catalan: nervadura — architecture: projecting member
• Finnish: ruoti — architecture: projecting member
• German: Gewölberippe — architecture: projecting member
• German: Rippe — architecture: projecting member
• Hungarian: borda — architecture: projecting member
• Italian: nervatura — architecture: projecting member
• Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payende, payanda) — architecture: projecting member
• Ottoman Turkish: دستك (destek) — architecture: projecting member
• Bulgarian: жилка (žilka) — botany: prominent vein in a leaf
• Finnish: ruoti — botany: prominent vein in a leaf
• Greek: νεύρωση (névrosi) — botany: prominent vein in a leaf
• Irish: féith — botany: prominent vein in a leaf
• Italian: nervatura — botany: prominent vein in a leaf
• Spanish: costilla — botany: prominent vein in a leaf
• Finnish: härnäys — teasing joke
• Finnish: pottuilu — teasing joke
• Greek: πείραγμα (peíragma) — teasing joke
• Māori: whakatara — teasing joke
• Finnish: kiehkura — single strand of hair
• Finnish: sellerinvarsi — stalk of celery
• German: Stängel — stalk of celery
• German: Stange — stalk of celery
• Italian: gambo — stalk of celery
• Finnish: kylkiluu — archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman
• French: épouse — archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman
• French: femme — archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman
• French: moitié — archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman
• Bulgarian: лечебна наумка (lečebna naumka) — Cynoglossum officinale
• Bulgarian: калоферче (kaloferče) — Tanacetum balsamita
• Bulgarian: поточарка (potočarka) — Nasturtium officinale
• Bulgarian: оребрявам (orebrjavam) — to equip with ribs
• Finnish: kaarittaa — to equip with ribs
• Hungarian: bordáz — to equip with ribs
• Czech: dobírat si — to tease
• Czech: popichovat — to tease
• Finnish: härnätä — to tease
• Finnish: pottuilla — to tease
• French: charrier — to tease
• Greek: πειράζω (peirázo) — to tease
• Hungarian: ugrat — to tease
• Irish: spoch as — to tease
• Māori: whakatara — to tease
• Polish: dokuczać — to tease
• Polish: dokuczyć — to tease
• Russian: дразни́ть (draznítʹ) — to tease