rioter
English
Alternative forms
- riotor (now rare)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English riotour, from Old French rioteor; equivalent to riot + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪətə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪətɚ/
Noun
rioter (plural rioters)
- One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
- The rioters had erected a makeshift barricade and were pelting the police with rocks from behind it.
- 2015 April 28, Ben Brumfield, “Baltimore riots: A few people tried to stop the unrest”, in CNN[1]:
- The rioters overshadowed the message of peaceful protesters on prior days: They had called for justice for Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died from spinal injuries after police arrested him this month.
- 2025 January 24, Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, “Exclusive: January 6 rioter freed after Trump’s pardon — but authorities say he should still be in jail”, in CNN[2]:
- High-profile January 6 rioter Guy Reffitt showed up in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to celebrate with his wife and supporters who’d been hoping for his release from federal detention for months.
Translations
one who riots
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
rioter
- to half-laugh; to snigger
Conjugation
Conjugation of rioter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rioter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | riotant /ʁjɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rioté /ʁjɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | riote /ʁjɔt/ |
riotes /ʁjɔt/ |
riote /ʁjɔt/ |
riotons /ʁjɔ.tɔ̃/ |
riotez /ʁjɔ.te/ |
riotent /ʁjɔt/ |
| imperfect | riotais /ʁjɔ.tɛ/ |
riotais /ʁjɔ.tɛ/ |
riotait /ʁjɔ.tɛ/ |
riotions /ʁjɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
riotiez /ʁjɔ.tje/ |
riotaient /ʁjɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | riotai /ʁjɔ.te/ |
riotas /ʁjɔ.ta/ |
riota /ʁjɔ.ta/ |
riotâmes /ʁjɔ.tam/ |
riotâtes /ʁjɔ.tat/ |
riotèrent /ʁjɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | rioterai /ʁjɔ.tʁe/ |
rioteras /ʁjɔ.tʁa/ |
riotera /ʁjɔ.tʁa/ |
rioterons /ʁjɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
rioterez /ʁjɔ.tʁe/ |
rioteront /ʁjɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rioterais /ʁjɔ.tʁɛ/ |
rioterais /ʁjɔ.tʁɛ/ |
rioterait /ʁjɔ.tʁɛ/ |
rioterions /ʁjɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rioteriez /ʁjɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
rioteraient /ʁjɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | riote /ʁjɔt/ |
riotes /ʁjɔt/ |
riote /ʁjɔt/ |
riotions /ʁjɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
riotiez /ʁjɔ.tje/ |
riotent /ʁjɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | riotasse /ʁjɔ.tas/ |
riotasses /ʁjɔ.tas/ |
riotât /ʁjɔ.ta/ |
riotassions /ʁjɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
riotassiez /ʁjɔ.ta.sje/ |
riotassent /ʁjɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | riote /ʁjɔt/ |
— | riotons /ʁjɔ.tɔ̃/ |
riotez /ʁjɔ.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “rioter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
rioter
- (Late Middle English) alternative form of riotour