riot

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪət

Noun

riot (plural riots)

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

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) (bunt) m, беспорядки (ru) (besporjádki) m pl

tumultuous disturbance of public peace

• Arabic: شغب (ar) (šáġab) m, عصيان (ar) (ʾiṣyān) m
• 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)
• 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)
• Russian: бунт (ru) (bunt) m, мятеж (ru) (mjatéž) m, восстание (ru) (vosstánije) n, беспорядки (ru) (besporjádki) m pl

excessive and expensive feasting

• Finnish: hulina (fi)

• Russian: разгул (ru) (razgúl) m

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• Dutch: rel (nl) m
• Jèrriais: êmeute f

• Persian: آشوب (fa) (âšub)
• Portuguese: tumulto (pt) m
• 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