Definition
To make or cause to become ripe; to ripen or mature something.
Etymology
From en- (causative prefix) + ripen (from ripe, Old English, related to 'reap'). The en- prefix creates a transitive verb from the intransitive 'ripen.'
Kelly Says
This word shows a subtle but important English distinction—'ripen' can be intransitive (fruit ripens on its own) but 'enripen' makes it transitive (you enripen the fruit), a pattern repeated throughout English verbs.
Translations
CACatalà
madurar
ma-doo-ar
CSČeština
zroutnout
z-rout-nout
ELΕλληνικά
ωριμάζει
o-ree-ma-zee
ESEspañol
madurar
ma-doo-ar
HEעברית
להתבגר
leh-tah-t-beg-ar
IDBahasa Indonesia
matang
ma-tang
ITItaliano
maturare
ma-too-ra-reh
MSBahasa Melayu
matang
ma-tang
NLNederlands
rijpen
ree-pen
PLPolski
dojrzewać
doh-zh-zeh-vat
PTPortuguês
amadurecer
ah-mah-doo-reh-ser
RORomână
a se matura
ah-seh ma-too-ra
RUРусский
созреть
so-zre-ty
SWKiswahili
kukua
koo-koo-a
TRTürkçe
olgunlaşmak
ol-goon-lah-shmak
UKУкраїнська
достигнути зрілості
doh-stee-gnu-ty zree-lo-sti