ripple

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• UK, US: /ˈɹɪp(ə)l/
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From an alteration of rimple.

Compare German Low German Repel, Dutch repel, German Riffel, extended forms (with instrumental or diminutive -le) of Low German Repe (“ripple”), Dutch repe (“ripple”). Compare also Dutch repen, German reffen, Swedish repa (“to beat; ripple”). The verb is from Middle English ripplen, rypelen. Compare Low German repelen, Dutch repelen, German riffeln.

Dialectal form of thripple.

From Middle English *ripelen, repulen, equivalent to rip + -le (frequentative suffix).

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: рабізна́ (rabizná) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Belarusian: зыб (zyb) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Catalan: ona — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 波 (bō) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 波纹 (bōwén) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 水波 (shuǐbō) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 漣漪 /涟漪 (liányī) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Czech: vlnka — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Czech: čeření — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Dutch: rimpeling — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Finnish: väre — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Finnish: kare — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Finnish: väreily — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• French: ondulation — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• German: Kräuseln — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• German: kleine Welle — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Hawaiian: ʻaleʻale — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Hebrew: אַדְוָה (advá) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Ingrian: kare — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Ingrian: vire — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Irish: cuilithín — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Italian: increspatura — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Japanese: 漣 (sazanami) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Japanese: 漣漪 (ren'i) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Japanese: 砂紋 (samon) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Khmer: កង្កាញ់ (kɑŋkaɲ) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Khmer: អង្កាញ់ (ɑŋkaɲ) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Korean: 물결 (mulgyeol) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Korean: 연의 (yeonui) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Korean: 사문 (samun) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Macedonian: мрешкање (mreškanje) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Manx: tonnane — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Māori: hāki — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Māori: kare — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Māori: pōkarekare — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Māori: karetai — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Māori: kōtaotao — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Navajo: yilkʼooł — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Occitan: onda — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Occitan: ondulacion — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Plautdietsch: Wotawalkje — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Polish: zmarszczka — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Portuguese: ondulação — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Romanian: undă — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Russian: рябь (rjabʹ) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Russian: зыбь (zybʹ) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Spanish: ondulación — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Swedish: krusning — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Tagalog: kilapsaw — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Turkish: dalgacık — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Turkish: dalgalanma — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Ottoman Turkish: طالغه (dalga) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Ottoman Turkish: موج (mevc) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Ukrainian: бри́жа (brýža) — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Vietnamese: gợn — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Vietnamese: gợn sóng — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Welsh: crych — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Welsh: crychiad — moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid
• Bulgarian: ромон (romon) — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Czech: zurčení — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Czech: šumění — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Dutch: kabbelen — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Finnish: liplatus — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Māori: orowaru — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Russian: журча́ние (žurčánije) — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Serbo-Croatian: bućkanje — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Swedish: skvalp — sound similar to that of undulating water
• Swedish: rippel — style of ice cream
• Bulgarian: пулсация (pulsacija) — small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
• Finnish: värinä — small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
• French: ondulation résiduelle — small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
• German: Welligkeit — small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
• Occitan: ondulacion residuala — small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
• Russian: колеба́ния (kolebánija) — small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
• Russian: пульса́ции (pulʹsácii) — small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
• Welsh: crychiad — small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal
• Bulgarian: гребен (greben) — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Dutch: repel — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• French: drège — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Galician: ripo — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Galician: ripanzo — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Galician: ripa — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• German: Riffel — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• German: Riffelkamm — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Italian: scapecchiatoio — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Romanian: darac — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Swedish: frörepa — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Swedish: repa — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Welsh: rhipai — implement for removing the seeds from flax
• Bulgarian: правя вълнички (pravja vǎlnički) — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Catalan: onejar — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Dutch: kabbelen — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Esperanto: ondeti — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Finnish: väreillä — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Finnish: karehtia — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• French: onduler — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Ingrian: virehtiä — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Macedonian: мрешка (mreška) — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Māori: māhitihiti — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Māori: pōkarekare — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Māori: wiki — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Old English: ȳþian — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Polish: marszczyć się — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Polish: zmarszczyć się — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Portuguese: ondular — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Spanish: ondular — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Ottoman Turkish: طالغهلانمق (dalgalanmak) — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Welsh: crychu — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Welsh: tonni — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Welsh: crychdonni — to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
• Bulgarian: ромоля (romolja) — to make a sound as water running across shallows
• Māori: wīwī — to make a sound as water running across shallows