riotte

riotte

French

Etymology

From Middle French riote (“quarrel”), from Old French riote (“quarrel”), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugio (“I roar”).[1]

Cognate to English riot and Occitan riòta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁjɔt/

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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

• “riotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

riotte f

1. plural of riotta

References

Anagrams

• Tirteo, ittero, ortite, torite

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Middle French

Noun

riotte f (plural riottes)

1. Alternative spelling of riote

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Old French

Noun

riotte f (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. Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (riotte)