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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.
riche (plural riches)
- 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
- Louisiana Creole: rish
- “riche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
riche
- inflection of richar:
- (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) second-person singular preterite indicative of rir
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.
riche (plural and weak singular riche, comparative richere, superlative richest)
- Rich, wealthy (possessing wealth):
- Fine, marvellous; high-quality:
- Strong, mighty (possessing strength):
- Intense; loud (in sound), deep (in colour)
- Renowned, respectable; having a good reputation.
riche
- The rich and powerful; high-ranking people.
- A rich or powerful individual.
- English: rich
riche
- “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.
riche (plural riches or (early) richen) (chiefly poetic)
- The realm of a king; a kingdom.
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Royal authority or dominion.
- (figurative) A divine kingdom or realm.
- 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;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 15th c., Le Bone Florence of Rome, Lines 1804-1809:
- (figurative) Divine authority or power.
- “rī̆che, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
riche
- 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)
From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”).
rîche
- 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[1], 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
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “rîche”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[2], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
- Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'
- 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
- (Jersey) rich (possessing wealth)
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[3], 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)
- rich (possessing wealth)
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