"riches" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
Rhymes: -ɪtʃɪz Etymology: 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 *reg- (“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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|richesse|riches}} Middle English riches, {{der|en|ang|rīċe||power, authority, dominion}} Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”), {{cog|enm|richesse||wealth}} Middle English richesse (“wealth”), {{der|en|fro|richesse}} Old French richesse, {{der|en|gem}} Germanic, {{der|en|frk|*rīki|t=rich}} Frankish *rīki (“rich”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*rīkijaz||rich, powerful}} Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*reg-||to straighten, direct, make right}} Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”), {{cog|goh|rīhhi||rich}} Old High German rīhhi (“rich”), {{cog|de|reich||rich}} German reich (“rich”), {{cog|ang|rīċe||rich}} Old English rīċe (“rich”), {{cog|ang|racu||explanation, reasoning}} Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} riches pl (plural only)
  1. Money, goods, wealth, treasure. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Wealth Translations (money, goods, wealth, treasure): հարստություն (harstutʻyun) (Armenian), জর (zôr) (Bengali), съкровище (sǎkrovište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), богатство (bogatstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), riqueza [feminine] (Galician), Reichtümer [plural] (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹 (gabei) [feminine] (Gothic), gazdagság (Hungarian), vagyon (Hungarian), rikassos (Ingrian), saibhreas [masculine] (Irish), dītiae [feminine, plural] (Latin), dīvitiae [feminine, plural] (Latin), bagātība [feminine] (Latvian), ثروت (servet) (Ottoman Turkish), سرمایه (sermaye) (Ottoman Turkish), bogactwo [neuter] (Polish), bogactwa [plural] (Polish), бога́тство (bogátstvo) [neuter] (Russian), धन्य (dhánya) [neuter] (Sanskrit), ionmhas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bogastvo [neuter] (Slovene), obilje [neuter] (Slovene), riqueza [feminine] (Spanish), chuma (Tumbuka), lieg (Volapük), ọrọ̀ (Yoruba), ọlà (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-riches-en-noun-yGWQi0xE Disambiguation of Wealth: 64 14 22 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tumbuka translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Yoruba translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Tumbuka translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Yoruba translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'money, goods, wealth, treasure': 96 4
  2. (figurative) An abundance of anything desirable. Tags: figuratively, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-riches-en-noun-oKmfwGp-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: embarrassment of riches Related terms: rich
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/
Rhymes: -ɪtʃɪz Etymology: From rich + -es (plural suffix) by analogy with poors (“poor people”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rich|es|nocat=1|pos2=plural suffix}} rich + -es (plural suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} riches pl (plural only)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) Rich people. Tags: nonstandard, plural, plural-only, rare Synonyms: wealthies
    Sense id: en-riches-en-noun-fzljONwj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 5 80 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 24 12 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 9 2 33 41 7 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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