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rite en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɹaɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.

Meanings

  1. A religious custom.
  2. (broadly) A prescribed behavior.
    • But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally. 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
    • It was the capable manager's long-established custom to escort Mrs Pridger to a theatre once a week, and Saturday evening had come to be the occasion of this rite. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

Forms

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Deriveds

bedrite · Latin rite · morning rite · funeral rite · water rite · rite of passage · ritely · riteless

Relateds

ritual

Translations (104)

lo ພິທີກຳ (ritual) · pl rytuał (ritual) · be рытуа́л (ritual) · hy արարողություն (ritual) · cmn 儀 /仪 (ritual) · ro ritual (ritual) · ro rit (ritual) · tg оин (ritual) · egy i-ir-w-A53 (ritual) · cmn 禮 /礼 (ritual) · km ពិធី (ritual) · cs obřad (ritual) · et rituaal (ritual) · th พิธี (ritual) · da rite (ritual) · ar شَعِيرَة (ritual) · hi अनुष्ठान (ritual) · lv rituāls (ritual) · grc θέσμιον (ritual) · mi kawanga (ritual) · ia rito (ritual) · ar طَقْس دِينِيّ (ritual) · fr es pl or (ritual) · ca ritu (ritual) · bn আচার (ritual) · gl rito (ritual) · la caerimōnia (ritual) · fi riitti (ritual) · tt йола (ritual) · lt ritualas (ritual) · et riitus (ritual) · uz marosim (ritual) · de Ritus (ritual) · az ayin (ritual) · ar طَقْس (ritual) · ms ritus (ritual) · tr ayin (ritual) · vi nghi lễ (ritual) · ja 儀式 (ritual) · pl obrządek (ritual) · uk ритуа́л (ritual) · ang sidu (ritual) · grc τελετή (ritual) · pt rito (ritual) · he פולחן \ פֻּלְחָן (ritual) · vi nghi thức (ritual) · sh о̀бред (ritual) · bg ритуа́л (ritual) · kk ырым (ritual) · ru ритуа́л (ritual) · vi lễ nghi (ritual) · gd deas-ghnàth (ritual) · km វិធី (ritual) · sk rituál (ritual) · nl kerkgebruik (ritual) · fr rite (ritual) · ka რიტუალი (ritual) · cs rituál (ritual) · de Brauch (ritual) · yo orò (ritual) · la rītus (ritual) · uk обря́д (ritual) · is helgiathöfn (ritual) · be абра́д (ritual) · ko 의식 (ritual) · ky ырым (ritual) · ru обря́д (ritual) · es rito (ritual) · th พิธีกรรม (ritual) · fa آیین (ritual) · sh òbred (ritual) · lo ພິທີ (ritual) · sl ritual (ritual) · qu hayway (ritual) · hu ceremónia (ritual) · sq rit (ritual) · mi ritenga (ritual) · pl ryt (ritual) · hu rítus (ritual) · sv rit (ritual) · cmn 儀式 /仪式 (ritual) · cmn 典禮 /典礼 (ritual) · sh ritùāl (ritual) · it rito (ritual) · hu szertartás (ritual) · sl obred (ritual) · ba йола (ritual) · is helgisiður (ritual) · hy ծես (ritual) · lv rits (ritual) · pl obrzęd (ritual) · bg о́бред (ritual) · eo rito (ritual) · el τελετουργία (ritual) · id ritus (ritual) · mk обред (ritual) · sk obrad (ritual) · my အခမ်းအနား (ritual) · id upacara (ritual) · nl ritus (ritual) · sh риту̀а̄л (ritual) · mk ритуа́л (ritual) · nb ritual (ritual) · da ritus (ritual)

rite en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɹaɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Variation of right.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, informal, not-comparable) Informal spelling of right.
    alt of right
    • He's rite, you know.

Deriveds

amirite · das rite

rite en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɹaɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Variation of right.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, informal, not-comparable) Informal spelling of right.
    alt of right
    • It's rite next to my house.
    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure One of our cats has a bald spot on his hind & it looks like it was shaved rite off.

rite en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɹaɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Variation of right.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, informal) Informal spelling of right.
    alt of right
    • Rite, let's do it.

rite en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɹaɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Variation of right.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, informal) Informal spelling of right.
    alt of right

Forms

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