riffraff

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• /ˈɹɪfɹæf/
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH1 F R AE2 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French rif et raf (“one and all”), of Germanic origin. The first word is from rifler (“to scrape off”) and the last is from raffler, related to rafler (“to plunder”).

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَعَاع (raʕāʕ) — the rabble
• Catalan: gentalla — the rabble
• Catalan: trepa — the rabble
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢物 /废物 (fèiwù) — the rabble
• Chinese Mandarin: 賤民 /贱民 (jiànmín) — the rabble
• Chinese Mandarin: 下等人 (xiàděngrén) — the rabble
• Chinese Mandarin: 流氓 (liúmán) — the rabble
• Chinese Mandarin: 烏合之眾 /乌合之众 (wūhézhlzhòng) — the rabble
• Czech: lůza — the rabble
• Czech: chátra — the rabble
• Czech: sebranka — the rabble
• Czech: pakáž — the rabble
• Danish: pøbel — the rabble
• Danish: pak — the rabble
• Dutch: geteisem — the rabble
• Dutch: schorremorrie — the rabble
• Dutch: tuig — the rabble
• Dutch: rapalje — the rabble
• Dutch: gepeupel — the rabble
• Estonian: rahvarämps — the rabble
• Finnish: rahvas — the rabble
• Finnish: roskaväki — the rabble
• French: racaille — the rabble
• French: populace — the rabble
• French: canaille — the rabble
• French: plèbe — the rabble
• French: masses — the rabble
• French: tout-venant — the rabble
• French: commun des mortels — the rabble
• Galician: xentualla — the rabble
• German: Pöbel — the rabble
• German: Plebs — the rabble
• German: gemeines Volk — the rabble
• Greek: αληταρία (alitaría) — the rabble
• Ancient Greek: σύρφαξ (súrphax) — the rabble
• Ancient Greek: συρφετός (surphetós) — the rabble
• Icelandic: pakk — the rabble
• Icelandic: skríll — the rabble
• Icelandic: illþýði — the rabble
• Irish: sloigisc — the rabble
• Irish: gramaisc — the rabble
• Irish: daoscar — the rabble
• Italian: tamarro — the rabble
• Italian: lazzarone — the rabble
• Italian: coatto — the rabble
• Japanese: 下層民 (kasōmin) — the rabble
• Japanese: 下層階級 (kasō kaikyū) — the rabble
• Japanese: 有象無象 (uzō muzō) — the rabble
• Portuguese: gentalha — the rabble
• Portuguese: ralé — the rabble
• Romanian: plebe — the rabble
• Romanian: gloată — the rabble
• Russian: че́рнь (čérnʹ) — the rabble
• Russian: сбро́д (sbród) — the rabble
• Russian: бы́дло (býdlo) — the rabble
• Serbo-Croatian: raja — the rabble
• Serbo-Croatian: šljam — the rabble
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏лош — the rabble
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍloš — the rabble
• Slovak: chamraď — the rabble
• Slovak: zberba — the rabble
• Slovak: bagáž — the rabble
• Spanish: gentuza — the rabble
• Spanish: gentualla — the rabble
• Spanish: flaite — the rabble
• Spanish: chusma — the rabble
• Spanish: gente de baja estofa — the rabble
• Spanish: gleba — the rabble
• Spanish: picanterío — the rabble
• Swedish: pöbel — the rabble
• Swedish: kreti och pleti — the rabble
• Swedish: patrask — the rabble
• Swedish: pack — the rabble
• Turkish: ayaktakımı — the rabble
• Volapük: lupöp — the rabble
• Welsh: poblach — the rabble
• Welsh: gwehilion — the rabble