rice: [13] The word rice is presumably, like the plant it names, of oriental origin; its ancestor may well be represented in Sanskrit vrīhi-. It first appeared in Europe as Greek órūza. This passed into Latin as oryza, and eventually spread throughout the languages of Europe: French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, German reis, Dutch rijst, Swedish and Russian ris, Welsh reis, Lithuanian rysai, English rice, etc.
rice (n.)
mid-13c., from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin oriza, from Greek oryza "rice," via an Indo-Iranian language (compare Pashto vri?e, Old Persian brizi), ultimately from Sanskrit vrihi-s "rice." The Greek word is the ultimate source of all European words (Welsh reis, German reis, Lithuanian rysai, Serbo-Croatian riza, Polish ry?, etc.). Introduced 1647 in the Carolinas. Rice paper (1822), originally used in China, Japan, etc., is made from straw of rice.
例文
1. Under these laws，he said，Mr. Rice 's assets could have been frozen.
彼はこれらの法規によってライス氏の資産は凍結されている可能性があると言った。
2.The petals can be cooked with rice to colour it yellow.
これらの花びらをご飯と一緒に煮て、ご飯を黄色にすることができます。
3.Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country 's diet.
魚と米は同国の主要食品である。
4.He will offer the first harvest of rice to the sun goddess.
彼は収穫した最初の稲を太陽の女神に捧げる。
5.The rice is accompanied by a soup or a soupy stew.