riches

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• /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH1 CH AH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R IH1 CH IH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Rich, a diminutive of Richard + the patronymic suffix -s.

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 *h3reǵ- (“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.

From rich + -es (plural suffix) by analogy with poors (“poor people”).

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հարստություն (harstutʻyun) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Bengali: জর (zôr) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Bulgarian: съкровище (sǎkrovište) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Bulgarian: богатство (bogatstvo) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Galician: riqueza — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• German: Reichtümer — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹 (gabei) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Hungarian: gazdagság — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Hungarian: vagyon — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Ingrian: rikassos — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Irish: saibhreas — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Latin: dītiae — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Latin: dīvitiae — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Latvian: bagātība — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Polish: bogactwo — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Polish: bogactwa — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Russian: бога́тство (bogátstvo) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Sanskrit: धन्य (dhánya) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Slovene: bogastvo — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Slovene: obilje — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Spanish: riqueza — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Tumbuka: chuma — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Ottoman Turkish: ثروت (servet) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Ottoman Turkish: سرمایه (sermaye) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Ottoman Turkish: مال (mal) — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Volapük: lieg — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Yoruba: ọrọ̀ — money, goods, wealth, treasure
• Yoruba: ọlà — money, goods, wealth, treasure