ripen

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• /ˈɹaɪpən/
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From Middle English *ripenen, extended form of ripen, from Old English rīpian. In the modern form, equivalent to ripe + -en (inchoative and factitive suffix). As in several other verbs, the alteration seems to have occurred during the time when the infinitive and plural ending -en was in the process of being lost (and was thus open to reinterpretation). The earliest attestation is deverbal Middle English ripening (“causing ripeness, ripening”).

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndulk — to grow ripe
• Southern Altai: быжар (bïžar) — to grow ripe
• Arabic: يَنَعَ (yanaʕa) — to grow ripe
• Arabic: نَضَجَ (naḍaja) — to grow ripe
• Arabic: إستوى — to grow ripe
• Arabic: نضج — to grow ripe
• Arabic: طاب (ṭāb) — to grow ripe
• Armenian: հասնել (hasnel) — to grow ripe
• Aromanian: coc — to grow ripe
• Azerbaijani: yetişmək — to grow ripe
• Azerbaijani: dəymək — to grow ripe
• Azerbaijani: bozarmaq — to grow ripe
• Balinese: nasak — to grow ripe
• Basque: heldu — to grow ripe
• Belarusian: спець (spjecʹ) — to grow ripe
• Bulgarian: узря́вам (uzrjávam) — to grow ripe
• Bulgarian: зре́я (zréja) — to grow ripe
• Catalan: madurar — to grow ripe
• Cherokee: ᎬᏂᏍᎦ (gvnisga) — to grow ripe
• Chinese Mandarin: 成熟 (chéngshú) — to grow ripe
• Czech: zrát — to grow ripe
• Czech: dozrát — to grow ripe
• Dutch: rijpen — to grow ripe
• Esperanto: maturiĝi — to grow ripe
• Finnish: kypsyä — to grow ripe
• Finnish: tuleentua — to grow ripe
• French: mûrir — to grow ripe
• Galician: madurar — to grow ripe
• German: reifen — to grow ripe
• Hebrew: הבשיל (hivshíl) — to grow ripe
• Hungarian: érik — to grow ripe
• Ingrian: valmistua — to grow ripe
• Irish: aibigh — to grow ripe
• Italian: maturare — to grow ripe
• Japanese: 熟す (jukusu) — to grow ripe
• Japanese: 成熟する (seijuku suru) — to grow ripe
• Khmer: ទុំ (tum) — to grow ripe
• Korean: 숙성되다 (sukseongdoeda) — to grow ripe
• Kyrgyz: бышуу (bışuu) — to grow ripe
• Latin: mātūrescō — to grow ripe
• Macedonian: зрее (zree) — to grow ripe
• Manchu: ᡠᡵᡝᠮᠪᡳ (urembi) — to grow ripe
• Mpade: na — to grow ripe
• Norwegian Bokmål: modnes — to grow ripe
• Occitan: madurar — to grow ripe
• Occitan: amadurar — to grow ripe
• Old English: fealwian — to grow ripe
• Polish: dojrzewać — to grow ripe
• Polish: dojrzeć — to grow ripe
• Portuguese: amadurecer — to grow ripe
• Portuguese: madurar — to grow ripe
• Portuguese: maturar — to grow ripe
• Punjabi: ਪੱਕਣਾ (pakkaṇā) — to grow ripe
• Quechua: puquy — to grow ripe
• Quechua: susuy — to grow ripe
• Romanian: coace — to grow ripe
• Russian: созрева́ть (sozrevátʹ) — to grow ripe
• Russian: зреть (zretʹ) — to grow ripe
• Russian: созре́ть (sozrétʹ) — to grow ripe
• Russian: поспева́ть (pospevátʹ) — to grow ripe
• Russian: спеть (spetʹ) — to grow ripe
• Russian: поспе́ть (pospétʹ) — to grow ripe
• Serbo-Croatian: зрети — to grow ripe
• Serbo-Croatian: zreti — to grow ripe
• Slovak: zrieť — to grow ripe
• Slovak: dozrieť — to grow ripe
• Slovene: zoreti — to grow ripe
• Spanish: madurar — to grow ripe
• Spanish: colorear — to grow ripe
• Spanish: jechar — to grow ripe
• Swedish: mogna — to grow ripe
• Tamil: பழு (paḻu) — to grow ripe
• Telugu: పండించు (paṇḍiñcu) — to grow ripe
• Tetum: tasak — to grow ripe
• Tocharian A: päk- — to grow ripe
• Tocharian B: päk- — to grow ripe
• Turkish: olgunlaşmak — to grow ripe
• Ukrainian: зрі́ти (zríty) — to grow ripe
• Ukrainian: дозріва́ти (dozriváty) — to grow ripe
• Walloon: meuri — to grow ripe
• Walloon: mawri — to grow ripe
• Welsh: aeddfedu — to grow ripe
• Yakut: бус (bus) — to grow ripe
• Azerbaijani: kamala yetişmək — to approach or come to perfection
• Azerbaijani: kamilləşmək — to approach or come to perfection
• Finnish: valmistua — to approach or come to perfection
• Finnish: kypsyä — to approach or come to perfection
• German: ausreifen — to approach or come to perfection
• Occitan: amadurar — to approach or come to perfection
• Occitan: madurar — to approach or come to perfection
• Portuguese: amadurecer — to approach or come to perfection
• Turkish: olgunlaşmak — to approach or come to perfection
• Azerbaijani: yetişdirmək — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Azerbaijani: yetkinləşdirmək — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Azerbaijani: bozartmaq — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Catalan: madurar — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Finnish: kypsyttää — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Finnish: tuleennuttaa — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• French: faire mûrir — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Hungarian: érlel — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Irish: aibigh — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Korean: 숙성시키다 (sukseongsikida) — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Latin: mītigō — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Norwegian Bokmål: modne — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Occitan: amadurar — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Portuguese: amadurecer — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Telugu: పండించు (paṇḍiñcu) — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Thai: บ่ม (bòm) — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Turkish: olgunlaşmak — to cause to mature; to make ripe
• Azerbaijani: kamilləşdirmək — to bring to perfection
• Finnish: kypsyttää — to bring to perfection
• Finnish: kypsytellä — to bring to perfection
• French: faire mûrir — to bring to perfection
• French: amener à maturité — to bring to perfection
• Occitan: madurar — to bring to perfection
• Occitan: amadurar — to bring to perfection