ramp

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɹæmp/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1Edit

From French rampe, back-formation of Old French ramper, from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to contract oneself”), akin to Old English hrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple, rumple”), Old High German rimpfan (German rümpfen (“to wrinkle up”)). Compare Danish rimpe (“to fold" (archaic), "to baste”), Icelandic rimpa. More at rimple.

NounEdit

ramp (plural ramps)

1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
2. A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
3. (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
4. (aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron)
5. (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
6. A speed bump

Derived termsEdit

• boat ramp

TranslationsEdit

inclined surface

• Armenian: թեքահարթակ (tʿekʿahartʿak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坡道 (zh) (pōdào)

• Dutch: helling (nl) f
• Esperanto: ramplo
• Estonian: pandus, kaldtee (et)
• Finnish: luiska (fi), ajoluiska, ramppi (fi)
• French: rampe (fr) f
• Georgian: აღმართი (aɣmarti), დაღმართი (daɣmarti)

• German: Rampe (de) f, Auffahrt (de) f
• Greek: ράμπα (el) f (rámpa)
• Japanese: ランプ (ja) (ranpu)
• Norman: rampe f
• Portuguese: rampa (pt) f
• Romanian: rampă (ro) f
• Russian: съезд (ru) m (sʺjezd), склон (ru) m (sklon), па́ндус (ru) m (pándus)
• Spanish: rampa (es) f
• Swedish: ramp (sv) c

aviation: mobile staircase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舷梯 (zh) (xiántī)

• Finnish: liikuteltavat pl portaat (fi) pl
• French: passerelle (fr) f

• German: Gangway (de) f, Rampe (de) f
• Japanese: タラップ (tarappu)
• Romanian: pasarelă (ro) f
• Russian: трап (ru) m (trap)

skating: construction to do skating tricks

• Dutch: ramp (nl) m, f

• Finnish: ramppi (fi)

VerbEdit

ramp (third-person singular simple present ramps, present participle ramping, simple past and past participle ramped)

1. To behave violently; to rage.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XII, p. 196, [1]

     Mick raged and ramped at the barred door till his voice failed,

2. To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
   • Spenser

     Their bridles they would champ, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp.

3. To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
   • Ray

     With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, […] and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.

4. To stand in a rampant position. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. (intransitive) To change value, often at a steady rate
   • 2007, Sean Meyn, Control Techniques for Complex Networks (page 285)

     If Q(t) < q^p then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.

   • 2011, Sheng Liu, Yong Liu, Modeling and Simulation for Microelectronic Packaging Assembly

     The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.

Derived termsEdit

• ramp up

Related termsEdit

• rampage
• rampant

TranslationsEdit

behave violently; rage

• Finnish: riehua (fi)

• Russian: неи́стовствовать (ru) (neístovstvovatʹ), бушева́ть (ru) (buševátʹ)

stand in a rampant position

• French: ramper (fr)

• Russian: стоя́ть на за́дних ла́пах (stojátʹ na zádnix lápax) (of animals, to stand on hind paws)

Etymology 2Edit

ramp - Allium tricoccum

See ramson.

NounEdit

ramp (plural ramps)

1. An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek.
   • 2006, Su Clauson-Wicker, Off the Beaten Path West Virginia, volume 6‎:

     A ramp is a potently flavored wild scallion, a vegetable with staying power.

2. (Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.

SynonymsEdit

• (Allium tricoccum): ramps, rams, ramson, ramsons, wild leek

TranslationsEdit

American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion

• French: oignon sauvage m, ail des bois (fr) m, poireau sauvage m

• Spanish: puerro salvaje m

See alsoEdit

• buckram

Further readingEdit

• Allium tricoccum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Allium tricoccum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Allium tricoccum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ramp at USDA Plants database

AnagramsEdit

• MRAP, parm, pram

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DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch ramp (“misfortune”). Related to rimpel (“wrinkle”). In the 19th century, the grammatical gender of the word was a matter of debate. It was finally standardized as feminine, departing from its historical masculine gender.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /rɑmp/
• Rhymes: -ɑmp

NounEdit

ramp f (plural rampen, diminutive rampje n)

1. disaster, catastrophe

   • Mensen wensen geluk en welvaart en verafschuwen ongeluk en rampen

     People wish happiness and prosperity and abhor mishap and disasters

2. an accident

SynonymsEdit

• catastrofe
• ongeluk

Derived termsEdit

• kernramp
• olieramp
• rampspoed

Etymology 2Edit

From French rampe, back-formation of Old French ramper, from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to contract oneself”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /rɑmp/
• Rhymes: -ɑmp

NounEdit

ramp f (plural rampen, diminutive rampje n)

1. a ramp
2. a driveway

SynonymsEdit

• (ramp): helling
• (driveway): oprit

Derived termsEdit

• oprijramp

Etymology 3Edit

From English ramp.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɹæmp/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æmp

NounEdit

ramp m (plural ramps, diminutive rampje n)

1. (skating) A construction to do skating tricks, usually in the form of one half of a pipe, a half-pipe.

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IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -am̥p

NounEdit

ramp

1. indefinite accusative singular of rampur

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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to rimpel (“wrinkle”).

NounEdit

ramp m

1. epilepsy, (human) cramp
2. bird claw disease, bird cramp
3. disaster, misfortune

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: ramp

Further readingEdit

• “ramp”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000