riot

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪət

Noun

Wikipedia riot (plural riots)

1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
2. Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
3. The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.

Derived terms

• rioter
• run riot

Translations

wanton or unrestrained behavior

Chinese: Mandarin: 暴亂 (cmn), 暴乱 (cmn) (bàoluàn), 騷亂 (cmn), 骚乱 (cmn) (sāoluàn), 騷動 (cmn), 骚动 (cmn) (sāodòng)

Finnish: hulina (fi), rähinä (fi) Russian: бунт (ru)

excessive and expensive feasting

Finnish: hulina (fi)

tumultuous disturbance of public peace

Chinese: Mandarin: 暴亂 (cmn), 暴乱 (cmn) (bàoluàn), 騷亂 (cmn), 骚乱 (cmn) (sāoluàn), 騷動 (cmn), 骚动 (cmn) (sāodòng)

Finnish: mellakka (fi)

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Arabic: شغب (ar) (shághab) m., عصيان (ar) (`iSyaan) m. Dutch: rel (nl) m. French: émeute (fr) f. German: Aufruhr (de) m., Tumult (de) m., Krawall (de) m., Randale (de) f. pl. Japanese: 暴動 (ja) (ぼうどう, bōdō), 騒乱 (ja) (そうらん, sōran), 動乱 (ja) (どうらん, dōran), 狼藉 (ja) (ろうぜき, rōzeki)

Persian: آشوب (fa) (âšub) Portuguese: tumulto (pt) m. Russian: мятеж (ru) (mjatéž) m., бунт (ru) (bunt) m., восстание (ru) (vosstánije) n., беспорядки (ru) (besporjádki) m. pl. Spanish: tumulto (es) m., alboroto (es) m. Swedish: uppror (sv) n. Turkish: ayaklanma (tr), isyan (tr), arbede (tr)

Verb

riot (third-person singular simple present riots, present participle rioting, simple past and past participle rioted)

1. To create or take part in a riot.

Translations

to create or take part in a riot

Finnish: mellakoida (fi); hulinoida (fi)

Anagrams

• roti
• tiro
• tori
• trio