Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rivel

/ˈɹɪvəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: riv-el
IPA: /ˈɹɪvəl/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shrivel, wrinkle (up).

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.

Transitive verb

noun

A wrinkle; a rimple.

Obsolete

noun

A kind of small dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup, especially among the Pennsylvania Dutch and other Germans.

American usage

Example Sentences

"they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […]"
"It wanteth the due parching and ripening against the sunne: and by that meanes commeth short of the rivels and blacknesse that the outlandish pepper hath."

Etymology

From Middle English rivelen, from Old English rifelan, riflian (“to wrinkle”), from a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *ribjōną (“to wrap; wind; roll; twist; coil”), equivalent to rive + -el (frequentative suffix). Related to Old Norse rifja (“to rake (hay) into rows or furrows”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: rivelen, rifelan, *ribjōną, -, Riwwel

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɹɪvəl/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

rivels (present, singular) riveling (US, participle) rivelling (UK, participle) riveled (US, participle) riveled (US, past) rivelled (UK, participle) rivelled (UK, past) rivels (plural)

Homonyms

ruthwell

Questions

How do you pronounce rivel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɪvəl/.
What does rivel mean?: To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
Where does rivel come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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