adj
Meaning 1
Elegant and luxurious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ritzy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹɪtsi/
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
luxuriously elegant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the Ritz Hotels of New York, London, etc (now Ritz-Carlton Hotels) + -y, from Ritz hotel founder César Ritz, from southern Switzerland. For the surname see Ritz. Compare English glitzy.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: луксозен (luksozen) — elegant, luxurious
- Bulgarian: елегантен (eleganten) — elegant, luxurious
- Czech: nóbl — elegant, luxurious
- Czech: hogofogo — elegant, luxurious
- Czech: fajnový — elegant, luxurious
- Latin: opiparus — elegant, luxurious
- Polish: szykowny — elegant, luxurious
- Polish: elegancki — elegant, luxurious