Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

risp

/ɹɪsp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: risp
IPA: /ɹɪsp/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rub together, to rasp or grate.

noun

A rubbing or grating together.

Example Sentences

"[T]hat Greek waste silent but for the risp of the tettix and the wash of listless wind through the spare grass."

Etymology

From Middle English rispen, from Old Norse rispa (“scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *ripsōną (“to rend; rip; tear open”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyb- (“to tear; snatch; pluck; reap”). Compare also Old Norse rifsa (“to plunder; reave”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: rispen, rispa, *ripsōną, *reyb-

Inflected Forms

risps (present, singular) risping (participle, present) risped (participle, past) risped (past) resp (alternative) risps (plural)

Rhymes With

crisp lisp wisp whisp tisp

Questions

How do you pronounce risp?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪsp/.
What does risp mean?: To rub together, to rasp or grate.
Where does risp come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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