riches

See also: Riches

English

Etymology

From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
• Hyphenation: rich‧es
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃɪz

Noun

riches pl (plural only)

1. Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
2. (figuratively) An abundance of anything desirable.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Derived terms

• embarrassment of riches

Related terms

• rich

Translations

money, goods, wealth, treasure

• Armenian: հարստություն (hy) (harstutʿyun)
• Galician: riqueza (gl) f
• German: Reichtümer (de) pl
• Irish: saibhreas m
• Latin: dītiae f pl
• Latvian: bagātība f

• Polish: bogactwo (pl) n, bogactwa pl
• Russian: бога́тство (ru) n (bogátstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas m
• Slovene: bogastvo (sl) n, obilje n
• Spanish: riqueza (es) f
• Volapük: lieg (vo)

Anagrams

• Chiers, shicer

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁiʃ/

Adjective

riches

1. plural of riche

Anagrams

• chéris

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Norman

Adjective

riches pl

1. plural of riche (“rich”)