riotte

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French riote (quarrel), from Old French riote (quarrel), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugiō (to roar).[1]

Cognate to English riot and Occitan riòta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁjɔt/
  • Audio (Île-de-France):(file)

Noun

riotte f (plural riottes)

  1. (dated) squabble; a minor dispute; a petty quarrel
    Synonyms: dispute, guéguerre

References

  1. ^ riotte” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

Further reading

Italian

Noun

riotte f

  1. plural of riotta

References


Anagrams

Middle French

Noun

riotte f (plural riottes)

  1. alternative spelling of riote

Old French

Noun

riotte oblique singularf (oblique plural riottes, nominative singular riotte, nominative plural riottes)

  1. alternative spelling of riote[1] [2]
  2. alternative form of reorte[2]

References

  1. ^ riotte on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
  2. 2.0 2.1 Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (riotte)