Ris (ריס) means eyelash in Hebrew.
It can also mean cilium. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
רִיס
ris
noun · masculine
In English
eyelash, cilium
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ris.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שערה בקצה העפעף.
- 2בהשאלהאיברון דמוי שערה או חוט בשולי עלה, איבר או תא.
The word Ris is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- רִיס
- Written without vowel points
- ריס
- Said
- ris
- Root
- ר־ס־ס
- Pattern
- קִיל
- Plural
- רִיסִים
- Inflections
- ר' רִיסִים; ריס־, ר' ריסֵי־
- Gematria
- 270
This is how Ris is said in other languages.
- English
- eyelash, cilium
- Arabic
- رمش
- Russian
- ресница
- Spanish
- pestaña, cilio
These words rhyme with Ris.
The word Ris is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מבין ריסי העינים
- רסיסים לריסים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Ris comes from the root ר־ס־ס, like these words.
These words come before and after Ris in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ris.
What does Ris (ריס) mean in Hebrew?
Ris (ריס) means eyelash and cilium. It is said ris, with the stress on ris.
What rhymes with Ris (ריס)?
Words that rhyme with Ris (ריס) include בסיס, כיס, כרטיס, עסיס, תכסיס, and סריס.
Is Ris (ריס) masculine or feminine?
The word Ris (ריס) is a masculine noun, and its plural is רִיסִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ריס of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.