riotte

French

Etymology

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

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

Italian

Noun

riotte f

  1. plural of riotta

References

    Anagrams

    Middle French

    Noun

    riotte f (plural riottes)

    1. Alternative spelling of riote

    Old French

    Noun

    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
    2. Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (riotte)
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