ribbon

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• /ˈɹɪbən/
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH1 B AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (“necklace”, literally “ring-band”).

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: lint — long, narrow strip of material
• Afrikaans: band — long, narrow strip of material
• Albanian: ngatërr — long, narrow strip of material
• Albanian: rrip — long, narrow strip of material
• Albanian: fjongo — long, narrow strip of material
• Arabic: شَرِيط (šarīṭ) — long, narrow strip of material
• Armenian: ժապավեն (žapaven) — long, narrow strip of material
• Azerbaijani: lent — long, narrow strip of material
• Bashkir: таҫма (taśma) — long, narrow strip of material
• Belarusian: сту́жка (stúžka) — long, narrow strip of material
• Belarusian: ле́нта (ljénta) — long, narrow strip of material
• Bengali: পটি (pṭi) — long, narrow strip of material
• Bengali: ফিতা (phita) — long, narrow strip of material
• Bulgarian: ле́нта (lénta) — long, narrow strip of material
• Bulgarian: па́нделка (pándelka) — long, narrow strip of material
• Burmese: ဖဲကြိုး (hpai:krui:) — long, narrow strip of material
• Catalan: cinta — long, narrow strip of material
• Catalan: llaç — long, narrow strip of material
• Cherokee: ᎠᏇᎷᏍᏗ (aquelusdi) — long, narrow strip of material
• Chinese Mandarin: 絲帶 /丝带 (sīdài) — long, narrow strip of material
• Chinese Mandarin: 緞帶 /缎带 (duàndài) — long, narrow strip of material
• Cornish: snod — long, narrow strip of material
• Czech: stuha — long, narrow strip of material
• Danish: bånd — long, narrow strip of material
• Central Dusun: ribin — long, narrow strip of material
• Dutch: lint — long, narrow strip of material
• Esperanto: rubando — long, narrow strip of material
• Estonian: lint — long, narrow strip of material
• Estonian: pael — long, narrow strip of material
• Estonian: riba — long, narrow strip of material
• Finnish: nauha — long, narrow strip of material
• French: ruban — long, narrow strip of material
• Galician: fita — long, narrow strip of material
• Galician: cinta — long, narrow strip of material
• Georgian: ლენტი (lenṭi) — long, narrow strip of material
• German: Band — long, narrow strip of material
• Greek: ταινία (tainía) — long, narrow strip of material
• Greek: κορδέλα (kordéla) — long, narrow strip of material
• Ancient Greek: ταινία (tainía) — long, narrow strip of material
• Haitian Creole: tep — long, narrow strip of material
• Haitian Creole: riban — long, narrow strip of material
• Hebrew: סֶרֶט (séret) — long, narrow strip of material
• Hindi: फ़ीता (fītā) — long, narrow strip of material
• Hindi: फीता (phītā) — long, narrow strip of material
• Hindi: रिबन (riban) — long, narrow strip of material
• Hungarian: szalag — long, narrow strip of material
• Icelandic: borði — long, narrow strip of material
• Indonesian: pita — long, narrow strip of material
• Ingrian: nauha — long, narrow strip of material
• Irish: ribín — long, narrow strip of material
• Italian: nastro — long, narrow strip of material
• Italian: fettuccia — long, narrow strip of material
• Japanese: リボン (ribon) — long, narrow strip of material
• Kazakh: таспа (taspa) — long, narrow strip of material
• Khmer: បដ្ដិកា (paddekaa) — long, narrow strip of material
• Khmer: បូ (bou) — long, narrow strip of material
• Korean: 리본 (ribon) — long, narrow strip of material
• Kyrgyz: лента (lenta) — long, narrow strip of material
• Kyrgyz: тасма (tasma) — long, narrow strip of material
• Kyrgyz: сызма (sızma) — long, narrow strip of material
• Ladino: kordela — long, narrow strip of material
• Ladino: sherit — long, narrow strip of material
• Ladino: fiongo — long, narrow strip of material
• Lao: ໂບ (bō) — long, narrow strip of material
• Latin: clipeum — long, narrow strip of material
• Latin: taenia — long, narrow strip of material
• Latin: taeniola — long, narrow strip of material
• Latvian: lente — long, narrow strip of material
• Lithuanian: juosta — long, narrow strip of material
• Lithuanian: kaspinas — long, narrow strip of material
• Macedonian: ле́нта (lénta) — long, narrow strip of material
• Macedonian: тра́ка (tráka) — long, narrow strip of material
• Malay: pita — long, narrow strip of material
• Māori: rīpene — long, narrow strip of material
• Mongolian: тууз (tuuz) — long, narrow strip of material
• Norwegian Bokmål: bånd — long, narrow strip of material
• Norwegian Bokmål: band — long, narrow strip of material
• Norwegian Nynorsk: band — long, narrow strip of material
• Occitan: riban — long, narrow strip of material
• Old English: þwǣle — long, narrow strip of material
• Iranian Persian: روبان (rubân) — long, narrow strip of material
• Polish: wstążka — long, narrow strip of material
• Polish: wstęga — long, narrow strip of material
• Polish: tasiemka — long, narrow strip of material
• Polish: taśma — long, narrow strip of material
• Portuguese: fita — long, narrow strip of material
• Romanian: fundă — long, narrow strip of material
• Russian: ле́нта (lénta) — long, narrow strip of material
• Russian: бант (bant) — long, narrow strip of material
• Russian: тесьма́ (tesʹmá) — long, narrow strip of material
• Russian: ба́нтик (bántik) — long, narrow strip of material
• Samogitian: štončka — long, narrow strip of material
• Serbo-Croatian: вр̀пца — long, narrow strip of material
• Serbo-Croatian: тра̏ка — long, narrow strip of material
• Serbo-Croatian: vr̀pca — long, narrow strip of material
• Serbo-Croatian: trȁka — long, narrow strip of material
• Sicilian: nocca — long, narrow strip of material
• Sicilian: nzagareḍḍa — long, narrow strip of material
• Slovak: stuha — long, narrow strip of material
• Slovene: trak — long, narrow strip of material
• Southern Altai: лента (lenta) — long, narrow strip of material
• Southern Altai: тилбек бӧс (tilbek bös) — long, narrow strip of material
• Spanish: cinta — long, narrow strip of material
• Spanish: moño — long, narrow strip of material
• Spanish: lazo — long, narrow strip of material
• Spanish: galón — long, narrow strip of material
• Spanish: lacito — long, narrow strip of material
• Swedish: band — long, narrow strip of material
• Tagalog: ribon — long, narrow strip of material
• Tajik: тасма (tasma) — long, narrow strip of material
• Tajik: бант (bant) — long, narrow strip of material
• Thai: ริบบิ้น (ríp-bîn) — long, narrow strip of material
• Thai: โบ (boo) — long, narrow strip of material
• Turkish: kurdele — long, narrow strip of material
• Turkish: şerit — long, narrow strip of material
• Ottoman Turkish: قوردله (kordela) — long, narrow strip of material
• Ottoman Turkish: شریت (şerit) — long, narrow strip of material
• Turkmen: lenta — long, narrow strip of material
• Ukrainian: стрі́чка (stríčka) — long, narrow strip of material
• Unami: sìlk — long, narrow strip of material
• Urdu: فِیتَہ (fīta) — long, narrow strip of material
• Urdu: فِیتا (fītā) — long, narrow strip of material
• Uyghur: لېنتا (lënta) — long, narrow strip of material
• Uyghur: ئۇقا (uqa) — long, narrow strip of material
• Uzbek: lenta — long, narrow strip of material
• Uzbek: tasma — long, narrow strip of material
• Vietnamese: ruy-băng — long, narrow strip of material
• Welsh: rhuban — long, narrow strip of material
• Welsh: ruban — long, narrow strip of material
• Albanian: fjongo — inked ribbon
• Albanian: rrip — inked ribbon
• Bashkir: таҫма (taśma) — inked ribbon
• Catalan: cinta — inked ribbon
• Czech: páska — inked ribbon
• Dutch: lint — inked ribbon
• Finnish: värinauha — inked ribbon
• French: ruban — inked ribbon
• German: Farbband — inked ribbon
• Greek: ταινία (tainía) — inked ribbon
• Hebrew: סֶרֶט דְּיוֹ (séret dyo) — inked ribbon
• Indonesian: pita — inked ribbon
• Indonesian: ban — inked ribbon
• Italian: nastro — inked ribbon
• Italian: fettuccia — inked ribbon
• Japanese: リボン (ribon) — inked ribbon
• Korean: 리본 (ribon) — inked ribbon
• Malay: pita — inked ribbon
• Polish: wstążka — inked ribbon
• Portuguese: fita — inked ribbon
• Russian: ле́нта (lénta) — inked ribbon
• Serbo-Croatian: па̀нтљика — inked ribbon
• Serbo-Croatian: pàntljika — inked ribbon
• Sicilian: nocca — inked ribbon
• Sicilian: nzagareḍḍa — inked ribbon
• Spanish: cinta — inked ribbon
• Turkish: şerit — inked ribbon
• Finnish: valintanauha — toolbar
• French: ruban — toolbar
• Greek: γραμμή εργαλείων (grammí ergaleíon) — toolbar
• Hungarian: menüszalag — toolbar
• Polish: wstążka — toolbar
• Portuguese: faixa de opções — toolbar
• Spanish: barra de herramientas — toolbar
• Vietnamese: thanh công cụ — toolbar
• Bulgarian: лента (lenta) — rhythmic gymnastics: apparatus