Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ride

/ɹaɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables
ride
IPA
/ɹaɪd/
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.

verb

To transport (someone) in a vehicle.

American usage; Informal; Transitive verb

verb

Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.

Intransitive verb

verb

To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To traverse by riding.

Transitive verb

verb

To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.

Transitive verb

verb

To exploit or take advantage of (a situation).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (“to ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ- (“to ride”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move”), from *h₃er- (“to move, stir”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: North Frisian ride, ridj, rir (“to ride”), West Frisian ride (“to ride”), Dutch rijden, ryden (“to ride; to drive”), German reiten, reuten (“to ride”), German Low German rieden (“to ride; to drive”), Limburgish rieje (“to ride; to drive”), Luxembourgish reiden (“to ride”), Vilamovian raeita, rajta (“to ride”), Danish ride (“to ride”), Faroese and Icelandic ríða (“to ride”), Norwegian Bokmål ri, ride (“to ride”), Norwegian Nynorsk ri, rida, ride (“to ride”), Swedish rida (“to ride”). From Indo-European: Cornish ardh (“height”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin irrītō (“to excite, incite, stimulate; to exasperate”), Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō, “to move, stir”), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Russian ре́ять (réjatʹ, “to fly, hover, soar”), Armenian հառնել (haṙnel, “to get up; to rise up”), Northern Kurdish rîtin (“to shit”), Persian ریدن (ridan, “to shit; to fuck up, to screw up”), Tocharian A ar- (“to evoke; to produce, yield”), Tocharian B er- (“to evoke; to produce, yield”), Hittite 𒅈𒉡𒊻𒍣 (ar-nu-uz-zi, “to address, send”), Sanskrit रीति (rīti, “course, motion; current, stream; line, row”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: riden, rīdan, *rīdan, *rīdaną, *Hreydʰ-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹaɪd/
  • British English: /ɹaɪd/

Usage

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Questions

How do you pronounce ride?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹaɪd/.
What does ride mean?
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
Where does ride come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce ride

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