rizo

From French riz, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrizo/

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• Rhymes: -izo
• Hyphenation: ri‧zo

rizo (accusative singular rizon, plural rizoj, accusative plural rizojn)

1. rice

• rizoplanto

rizo (Cyrillic spelling ризо)

1. vocative singular of riza

• IPA^(key): /ˈriθo/ [ˈri.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈriso/ [ˈri.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ri‧zo

From erizo (“hedgehog”), from Latin ēricius. Compare Portuguese riço, Italian riccio.

rizo (feminine riza, masculine plural rizos, feminine plural rizas)

1. curly, kinky (of hair)

rizo m (plural rizos)

1. curl, lock (of hair)
2. anything shaped like a curl of hair
3. (cosmetics) highlight

rizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rizar

• “rizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā).

rizo (plural rizolar)

1. consent, agreement