name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
ritz
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɹɪts/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: Ritz
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homophone: writs
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CMU ARPABET: R IH1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A display of ostentatious elegance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
Qualifier: usually preceded by the
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verb
Meaning 3
To behave in an ostentatiously elegant manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 4
an ostentatiously elegant hotel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hotel
noun
Meaning 5
ostentatious display of elegance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they put on the ritz
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Broader terms: ostentation, fanfare, flash
noun
Meaning 6
Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Cesar Ritz
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller
History
Etymology
From the German surname, from the personal name Rizo, partially from Richard and partially from Heinrich. Also shortened from Moritz.
Back-formation from ritzy.