rizla

English

Etymology

From the Rizla+ brand of rolling papers, coined in 1886 from French riz (rice) and Lacroix, referring to the use of rice paper and the inventor's family name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪzlə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

rizla (plural rizlas)

  1. A rolling paper.
    • 1992, “Searching for my Rizla”, performed by Ratpack & Freestylers:
      Now I was standing in the corner / I'm searching for my rizla / I had some marijuana / I needed to get higher
    • 1997, Alex Garland, The Beach:
      A slight breeze picked up, sending a few loose rizlas skimming along the sand.
    • 1998, Martin C. Strong, The Great Rock Discography:
      Answers on the back of a rizla paper to the usual address.
    • 2005, Matthew Fuller, Media ecologies: materialist energies in art and technoculture:
      At the front of the classroom the cadaver of a singer is laid out on a workbench cluttered with Bunsen burners, rizlas, vinyl.

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Rizla brand of rolling papers.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rìzla/

Noun

rìzla f (Cyrillic spelling рѝзла)

  1. rolling paper

Declension

Declension of rizla
singular plural
nominative rizla rizle
genitive rizle rizla
dative rizli rizlama
accusative rizlu rizle
vocative rizlo rizle
locative rizli rizlama
instrumental rizlom rizlama

Further reading

  • rizla”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Rizla brand of rolling papers.

Noun

rizla c

  1. (colloquial) rizla, rolling paper.
    Synonym: cigarettpapper
    • 2024, 24:44 from the start, in Gränsbevakarna Sverige [Border Control Sweden], season 4, episode 14, spoken by dog handler:
      Här är ju mer rizla.
      Here is more rolling paper.