riche

Inherited from Middle French riche (“rich”), from Old French riche (“rich, wealthy”), from Frankish *rīkī (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”) (modern English rich). More at rich.

• IPA^(key): /ʁiʃ/

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riche (plural riches)

1. rich (possessing wealth)

   Antonym: pauvre

   Ses parents étant riches, il se permet de porter des vêtements à la mode

   His parents are rich, so he can wear fashionable clothes

• (Louisiana, Cajun French) argenté

• nouveau riche
• riche comme Crésus
• riche comme un Argentin
• rime riche

• richard
• richement
• richesse

• Louisiana Creole: rish

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

• chéri, chier

riche

1. inflection of richar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) second-person singular preterite indicative of rir

• IPA^(key): /ˈrit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈriːt͡ʃ(ə)/

From Old English rīċe (“mighty, rich”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”), from *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

• rech, reche, rich, ruche, rych, ryche
• reke, rik, rike (Northern)
• rice (Early Middle English)

riche (plural and weak singular riche, comparative richere, superlative richest)

1. Rich, wealthy (possessing wealth):
   1. Fertile, bounteous; providing wealth.
   2. Expensive, precious; of high value.
2. Fine, marvellous; high-quality:
   1. Ornate, splendid; highly detailed.
   2. Efficacious, useful, powerful.
   3. (rare) Finely-attired.
3. Strong, mighty (possessing strength):
   1. Profuse, lavish (in an attribute or quality):
   2. Potent, powerful (of a ruler or official)
      • p. 1154, “AD 1129”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 87, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:

        ſe an ƿæſ ᵹehaten petruſ · he ƿæſ munec of clunni ·⁊ ƿeaſ boren of þa ricceſte men of rome · mid him helden ða of rome ·⁊ ſe duc of ſicilie ·

        One was called Peter; he was a monk from Cluny who was descended from Rome's most powerful men. The people of Rome and the duke of Sicily sided with him.

   3. Belonging to the nobility; high-ranking.
4. Intense; loud (in sound), deep (in colour)
5. Renowned, respectable; having a good reputation.

• English: rich
• Scots: rich
• Yola: reeche

riche

1. The rich and powerful; high-ranking people.
2. A rich or powerful individual.

• English: rich

riche

1. Richly, marvellously.

• English: rich
• Scots: rich

• “rī̆che, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “rī̆che, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Inherited from Old English rīċe (“kingdom”, see -riche), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Celtic *rīgyom.

• ryche
• rik, rike, ryk (Northern)
• rice (Early Middle English)

riche (plural riches or (early) richen) (chiefly poetic)

1. The realm of a king; a kingdom.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kineriche, kingdom, kingriche

   • 1477, Blind Harry, The Wallace:

     Bot Bruce was knawin weyll ayr off this kynrik; For he had rycht, we call no man him lik. Bot Wallace thriss this kynrik conquest haile, In Ingland fer socht battaill on that rik.

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2. Royal authority or dominion.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kineriche, kingdom, kingriche (rare)

3. (figurative) A divine kingdom or realm.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kineriche, kingdom, kingriche (rare)

   • 15th c., Le Bone Florence of Rome, Lines 1804-1809:

     Alther furste to the kyrke sche went, to here a masse verament, and preyed god of hys grace, that he wolde bryng hur to that ryke, that evyr more ys yoye in lyke, before hys worthy face;

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4. (figurative) Divine authority or power.

   Synonyms: kinedom, kineriche, kingdom

• “rī̆che, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

riche

1. Alternative form of richen

From Old French riche (“rich, wealthy”), from Frankish *rīkī (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”) (modern English rich).

riche m or f (plural riches)

1. rich

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːxɛ/

From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”).

rîche

1. rich

• Alemannic German: riich
• Central Franconian: rich, riech, reich
  • Luxembourgish: räich
• German: reich
• Yiddish: רײַך (raykh)

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “rîche”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, itself either a substantivised *rīkijaz (“rich, mighty”) or a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīgiom (“kingdom”), from *rīxs (“king”) (compare Irish rí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”). Compare Old Dutch and Old Saxon rīki, Old Frisian rīke, Old English rīce, Old Norse ríki, Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 (reiki).

rîche n

1. empire, kingdom, realm

• German: Reich
  • → English: Reich
  • → Polish: Reich
  • → Russian: рейх (rejx)
• Luxembourgish: Räich

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “rîche”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

1. Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'
2. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

From Old French riche (“rich, wealthy”), from Frankish *rīkī (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”) (modern English rich).

riche m or f

1. (Jersey) rich (possessing wealth)
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 515:

     Ch'n'est pas les ciens qui labourent le pûs près du fossaï qui sont les pûs riches.

     It is not they who plough nearest the hedge who are the richest.

• richement (“richly; wealthily; expensively”)

From Frankish *rīkī (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”).

riche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular riche)

1. rich (possessing wealth)

• Middle French: riche
  • French: riche
• Norman: riche (Jèrriais)

riche

1. feminine plural of rico