rital
French edit
Etymology edit
1890: from the regular plural form les Ital(ien)s (“Italians”, pronounced /le‿ʁital(jɛ̃)/), with unexplained /ʁ/ for /z/, maybe underlining the trouble Italians have with pronouncing the French Rs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rital m (plural ritals, feminine ritale)
Further reading edit
- “rital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.