rizo

Etymology

From French riz, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrizo/

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• Rhymes: -izo
• Hyphenation: ri‧zo

Noun

rizo (accusative singular rizon, plural rizoj, accusative plural rizojn)

1. rice

Noun

rizo (Cyrillic spelling ризо)

1. vocative singular of riza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈriθo/ [ˈri.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈriso/ [ˈri.so]
• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: ri‧zo

Etymology 1

From erizo (“hedgehog”), from Latin ēricius. Compare Portuguese riço, Italian riccio.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “rizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā).

Noun

rizo (plural rizolar)

1. consent, agreement