"riffraff" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɪfɹæf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-riffraff.wav [Southern-England] Forms: riffraffs [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|rif}} Old French rif, {{m|fro|et|}} et, {{m|fro|raf||one and all}} raf (“one and all”), {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{m|fro|rifler||to scrape off}} rifler (“to scrape off”), {{m|fro|raffler}} raffler, {{m|fro|rafler||to plunder}} rafler (“to plunder”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} riffraff (usually uncountable, plural riffraffs)
  1. The rabble; crowds; the common people. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): People Synonyms: commonalty Translations (the rabble): σύρφαξ (súrphax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), συρφετός (surphetós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), رَعَاع (raʕāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), 廢物 (Chinese Mandarin), 废物 (fèiwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 賤民 (Chinese Mandarin), 贱民 (jiànmín) (Chinese Mandarin), 下等人 (xiàděngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 流氓 (liúmán) (Chinese Mandarin), 烏合之眾 (Chinese Mandarin), 乌合之众 (wūhézhlzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), lůza [feminine] (Czech), chátra [feminine] (Czech), sebranka [feminine] (Czech), pakáž [feminine] (Czech), pøbel [common-gender] (Danish), pak [neuter] (Danish), geteisem (Dutch), schorremorrie (Dutch), tuig (Dutch), rapalje (Dutch), gepeupel (Dutch), rahvarämps (Estonian), rahvas (Finnish), roskaväki (Finnish), racaille [feminine] (French), populace [feminine] (French), canaille [dated, feminine] (French), xentualla [feminine] (Galician), Pöbel [masculine] (German), Plebs [masculine] (German), gemeines Volk [neuter] (German), αληταρία (alitaría) [feminine] (Greek), pakk [neuter] (Icelandic), skríll [masculine] (Icelandic), illþýði [neuter] (Icelandic), tamarro [masculine] (Italian), lazzarone [masculine] (Italian), coatto [masculine] (Italian), 下層民 (kasōmin) (alt: かそうみん) (Japanese), 下層階級 (kasō kaikyū) (alt: かそうかいきゅう) (Japanese), 有象無象 (uzō muzō) (Japanese), gentalha [feminine] (Portuguese), ralé [feminine] (Portuguese), plebe [feminine] (Romanian), gloată [feminine] (Romanian), че́рнь (čérnʹ) [feminine] (Russian), сбро́д (sbród) [masculine] (Russian), бы́дло (býdlo) [neuter] (Russian), raja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), šljam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), о̏лош [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍloš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), chamraď [feminine] (Slovak), zberba [feminine] (Slovak), bagáž [feminine] (Slovak), gentuza [feminine] (Spanish), gentualla [feminine] (Spanish), flaite [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), chusma (Spanish), gente de baja estofa (Spanish), gleba (Spanish), pöbel [common-gender] (Swedish), kreti och pleti (Swedish), patrask [neuter] (Swedish), pack [neuter] (Swedish), ayaktakımı (Turkish), lupöp (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-riffraff-en-noun-X0miVn3n Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'the rabble': 95 5
  2. Sweepings; refuse. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-riffraff-en-noun-GkpA-zjA Disambiguation of Collectives: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplications Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: riff-raff Derived forms: riffraffish Related terms: raffish

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          "word": "populace"
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          "word": "skríll"
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          "sense": "the rabble",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "illþýði"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the rabble",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tamarro"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the rabble",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lazzarone"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the rabble",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "coatto"
        },
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          "alt": "かそうみん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kasōmin",
          "sense": "the rabble",
          "word": "下層民"
        },
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          "alt": "かそうかいきゅう",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kasō kaikyū",
          "sense": "the rabble",
          "word": "下層階級"
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          "roman": "uzō muzō",
          "sense": "the rabble",
          "word": "有象無象"
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          "sense": "the rabble",
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          "word": "gloată"
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          "roman": "čérnʹ",
          "sense": "the rabble",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "че́рнь"
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          "roman": "sbród",
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          "word": "сбро́д"
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          "word": "bagáž"
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          "word": "pack"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the rabble",
          "word": "ayaktakımı"
        },
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        "Sweepings; refuse."
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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      "word": "riff-raff"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raʕāʕ",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَعَاع"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "廢物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fèiwù",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "废物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "賤民"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiànmín",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "贱民"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàděngrén",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "下等人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liúmán",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "流氓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "烏合之眾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūhézhlzhòng",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "乌合之众"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lůza"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chátra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sebranka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pakáž"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pøbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "geteisem"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "schorremorrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "tuig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "rapalje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "gepeupel"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "rahvarämps"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "rahvas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "roskaväki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racaille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "populace"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canaille"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xentualla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pöbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Plebs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gemeines Volk"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alitaría",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αληταρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "súrphax",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σύρφαξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "surphetós",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "συρφετός"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skríll"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "illþýði"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tamarro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lazzarone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coatto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かそうみん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasōmin",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "下層民"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かそうかいきゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasō kaikyū",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "下層階級"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uzō muzō",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "有象無象"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gentalha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ralé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plebe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gloată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čérnʹ",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "че́рнь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbród",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сбро́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "býdlo",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бы́дло"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šljam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о̏лош"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ȍloš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chamraď"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zberba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bagáž"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gentuza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gentualla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flaite"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "chusma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "gente de baja estofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "gleba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pöbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "kreti och pleti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "patrask"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pack"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "ayaktakımı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the rabble",
      "word": "lupöp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "riffraff"
}

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