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From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h3rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source. Cognate with Dutch rijk, German reich, Danish rig, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rik, Faroese and Icelandic ríkur, Portuguese and Spanish rico, French riche, Italian ricco.

From Richard. The surname also derives from rich as a nickname.

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ryk — having wealth
• Ainu: イコロアン (ikoro-an) — having wealth
• Albanian: i pasur — having wealth
• Albanian: kamun (gheg) — having wealth
• Aleut: tukux̂ — having wealth
• Arabic: غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy) — having wealth
• Arabic: غني (ḡani) — having wealth
• Armenian: հարուստ (harust) — having wealth
• Asturian: ricu — having wealth
• Azerbaijani: zəngin — having wealth
• Azerbaijani: varlı — having wealth
• Bashkir: бай (bay) — having wealth
• Basque: aberats — having wealth
• Belarusian: бага́ты (baháty) — having wealth
• Bengali: ধনী (dhoni) — having wealth
• Breton: pinvidik — having wealth
• Bulgarian: бога́т (bogát) — having wealth
• Burmese: ဌေး (hte:) — having wealth
• Burmese: ကြွယ် (krwai) — having wealth
• Buryat: баян (bajan) — having wealth
• Catalan: ric — having wealth
• Eastern Min Chinese: 富 (bou) — having wealth
• Chinese Mandarin: 富有 (fùyǒu) — having wealth
• Chinese Mandarin: 富裕 (fùyù) — having wealth
• Chinese Mandarin: 有錢 /有钱 (yǒuqián) — having wealth
• Chinese Mandarin: 闊 /阔 (kuò) — having wealth
• Crimean Tatar: zengin — having wealth
• Crimean Tatar: bay — having wealth
• Czech: bohatý — having wealth
• Old Czech: bohatý — having wealth
• Danish: rig — having wealth
• Dutch: rijk — having wealth
• Esperanto: riĉa — having wealth
• Estonian: rikas — having wealth
• Evenki: баян (bajan) — having wealth
• Faroese: ríkur — having wealth
• Finnish: rikas — having wealth
• Finnish: äveriäs — having wealth
• French: riche — having wealth
• West-Frisian: ryk — having wealth
• Friulian: ric — having wealth
• Friulian: siôr — having wealth
• Galician: rico — having wealth
• Georgian: მდიდარი (mdidari) — having wealth
• German: reich — having wealth
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍃 (gabigs) — having wealth
• Greek: πλούσιος (ploúsios) — having wealth
• Greek: εύπορος (éfporos) — having wealth
• Ancient Greek: πλούσιος (ploúsios) — having wealth
• Haitian Creole: rich — having wealth
• Hawaiian: waiwai — having wealth
• Hebrew: עָשִׁיר (ashír) — having wealth
• Hindi: अमीर (amīr) — having wealth
• Hindi: धनी (dhanī) — having wealth
• Hindi: संपन्न (sampann) — having wealth
• Hindi: गनी (ganī) — having wealth
• Hindi: धनवान (dhanvān) — having wealth
• Hungarian: gazdag — having wealth
• Icelandic: ríkur — having wealth
• Ido: richa — having wealth
• Indonesian: kaya — having wealth
• Ingrian: rikas — having wealth
• Ingrian: karvain — having wealth
• Ingrian: rahakas — having wealth
• Ingrian: rahalliin — having wealth
• Ingrian: paksu — having wealth
• Interlingua: ric — having wealth
• Irish: saibhir — having wealth
• Italian: ricco — having wealth
• Japanese: 裕福な (yūfuku na) — having wealth
• Japanese: 豊かな (yutaka na) — having wealth
• Japanese: 富有な (fuyū na) — having wealth
• Japanese: 金持ちの (kanemochi no) — having wealth
• Javanese: sugih — having wealth
• Old Javanese: sugih — having wealth
• Kazakh: бай (bai) — having wealth
• Kazakh: дәулетті (däulettı) — having wealth
• Khmer: ធនិន (thĕəʼnɨn) — having wealth
• Khmer: មហទ្ធន (mĕəʼhatthŭən) — having wealth
• Korean: 풍부하다 (pungbuhada) — having wealth
• Korean: 부유하다 (buyuhada) — having wealth
• Central Kurdish: دۆڵەمەند (dollemend) — having wealth
• Central Kurdish: خاوەن پارە — having wealth
• Kyrgyz: бай (bay) — having wealth
• Lao: ມັ່ງ (mang) — having wealth
• Lao: ລວຍ (luāi) — having wealth
• Latin: dīves — having wealth
• Latin: dīs — having wealth
• Latin: locuplēs — having wealth
• Latvian: bagāts — having wealth
• Latvian: turīgs — having wealth
• Latvian: mantīgs — having wealth
• Lithuanian: turtingas — having wealth
• Louisiana Creole: rish — having wealth
• Low German: riek — having wealth
• Luxembourgish: räich — having wealth
• Macedonian: богат (bogat) — having wealth
• Malay: kaya — having wealth
• Maltese: għani — having wealth
• Manchu: ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ (bayan) — having wealth
• Māori: whairawa — having wealth
• Minangkabau: kayo — having wealth
• Mizo: hausa — having wealth
• Mongolian: баян (bajan) — having wealth
• Mongolian: элбэг (elbeg) — having wealth
• Khiamniungan Naga: jūmêi — having wealth
• Khiamniungan Naga: shīumēi — having wealth
• Nanai: баян (bajan) — having wealth
• Navajo: atʼį́ — having wealth
• Norman: riche — having wealth
• Norwegian Bokmål: rik — having wealth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rik — having wealth
• Occitan: ric — having wealth
• Old Occitan: ric — having wealth
• Oromo: dureessa — having wealth
• Pashto: بای (bāy) — having wealth
• Pashto: بډا (baḍã) — having wealth
• Pashto: غني (ǧaní) — having wealth
• Persian: غنی (ġani) — having wealth
• Persian: ثروتمند (servatmand) — having wealth
• Persian: رایومند (râyumand) — having wealth
• Polish: bogaty — having wealth
• Portuguese: rico — having wealth
• Portuguese: rica — having wealth
• Romani: barvalo — having wealth
• Romanian: bogat — having wealth
• Romanian: avut — having wealth
• Russian: бога́тый (bogátyj) — having wealth
• Russian: состоя́тельный (sostojátelʹnyj) — having wealth
• Russian: зажи́точный (zažítočnyj) — having wealth
• Russian: обеспе́ченный (obespéčennyj) — having wealth
• Russian: иму́щий (imúščij) — having wealth
• Salar: bar — having wealth
• Sanskrit: धन्य (dhánya) — having wealth
• Sanskrit: धनिक (dhanika) — having wealth
• Sanskrit: ईशान (īśāna) — having wealth
• Sanskrit: रयि (rayi) — having wealth
• Sanskrit: धनवत् (dhanavat) — having wealth
• Sanskrit: धनिन् (dhanin) — having wealth
• Scots: rik — having wealth
• Scottish Gaelic: beairteach — having wealth
• Serbo-Croatian: богат — having wealth
• Serbo-Croatian: имућан — having wealth
• Serbo-Croatian: bogat — having wealth
• Serbo-Croatian: imućan — having wealth
• Shor: пай — having wealth
• Sicilian: riccu — having wealth
• Sidamo: dureessa — having wealth
• Slovak: bohatý — having wealth
• Slovene: bogàt — having wealth
• Lower Sorbian: bogaty — having wealth
• Upper Sorbian: bohaty — having wealth
• Spanish: rico — having wealth
• Spanish: pesudo — having wealth
• Swahili: tajiri — having wealth
• Swedish: rik — having wealth
• Tagalog: mayaman — having wealth
• Tajik: сарватманд (sarvatmand) — having wealth
• Tajik: ғанӣ (ġani) — having wealth
• Tajik: бой (boy) — having wealth
• Tamil: பணக்கார (paṇakkāra) — having wealth
• Tatar: бай (bay) — having wealth
• Telugu: సంపన్న (sampanna) — having wealth
• Telugu: ధనిక (dhanika) — having wealth
• Thai: รวย (ruai) — having wealth
• Thai: มีเงิน (mii-ngən) — having wealth
• Tibetan: ཕྱུག་པོ (phyug po) — having wealth
• Tocharian B: śāte — having wealth
• Turkish: varlıklı — having wealth
• Turkish: varsıl — having wealth
• Turkish: zengin — having wealth
• Turkmen: baý — having wealth
• Ukrainian: бага́тий (bahátyj) — having wealth
• Urdu: امیر (amīr) — having wealth
• Urdu: دھنی (dhanī) — having wealth
• Uyghur: باي (bay) — having wealth
• Uzbek: boy — having wealth
• Venetan: rico — having wealth
• Vietnamese: giàu — having wealth
• Volapük: liegik — having wealth
• Welsh: ariannog — having wealth
• Welsh: goludog — having wealth
• Welsh: mwynfawr — having wealth
• Welsh: cyfoethog — having wealth
• Yiddish: רײַך (raykh) — having wealth
• Yucatec Maya: ayik'al — having wealth
• Bulgarian: плодороден (plodoroden) — productive, fertile
• French: riche — productive, fertile
• Ancient Greek: λιπαρός (liparós) — productive, fertile
• Irish: borrúil — productive, fertile
• Irish: méith — productive, fertile
• Korean: 풍부하다 (pungbuhada) — productive, fertile
• Latin: dīves — productive, fertile
• Latin: dīs — productive, fertile
• Māori: haumako — productive, fertile
• Spanish: rico — Of a fuel-air mixture: having more fuel (thus less air) than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
• French: riche — having an intense fatty or sugary flavor
• Malay: lemak — having an intense fatty or sugary flavor
• Spanish: cargado — having an intense fatty or sugary flavor