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riotte

French edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

riotte f (plural riottes)

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

References edit

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

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Noun edit

riotte f

  1. plural of riotta

References edit


Anagrams edit

Middle French edit

Noun edit

riotte f (plural riottes)

  1. Alternative spelling of riote

Old French edit

Noun edit

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

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

References edit

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  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)
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