riches
See also: Riches
English
Etymology
From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
- Hyphenation: rich‧es
- Rhymes: -ɪtʃɪz
Noun
riches pl (plural only)
- Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii], page 12:
- Cal. […] Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments
Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices,
That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe,
Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches
Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd
I cri'de to dreame againe.
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- (figuratively) An abundance of anything desirable.
- You will enjoy the riches of this forest.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:wealth
Derived terms
- embarrassment of riches
Related terms
- rich
Translations
money, goods, wealth, treasure
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Anagrams
- Chiers, shicer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁiʃ/
Audio (file)
Adjective
riches
- plural of riche
Anagrams
- chéris
Middle English
Noun
riches
- Alternative form of richesse
Noun
riches
- plural of riche (“realm”)
- Synonym: richen
Norman
Adjective
riches pl
- plural of riche (“rich”)