riz

riz

1. (US, dialect) rose or risen.

• zir

Inherited from Middle French riz, ris, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), ὄρυζον (óruzon). The spelling in -z after the Greek and Latin oryza, adopted in order to distinguish from ris (several senses).

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/

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• Homophones: ri, rie, rient, ries, ris, rit

riz m (plural riz)

1. rice

• Haitian Creole: diri

• “riz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ris (Jersey)

From Old French ris.

riz m (plural riz)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) rice