The Swedish word for rice is
ris

Translations for rice and their definitions

ris
1. n. small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry, mostly in compounds: blåbärsris, lingonris
2. n. twigs in a heap or as for a broom
De lade sina liggunderlag på björkriset.
They put their hiking mattresses on the birch twigs.
Han skall få smaka riset för det här.
He'll get birched (taste the twigs) for this.
3. n. rice; a plant
4. n. rice; food from the rice plant
5. n. heavily negative criticism (cf the corporal punishment)
Föreställningen fick mycket ris.
The performance got much negative criticism.
6. n. a measure: 500 sheets (of paper)

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