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Meaning of "ritzy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RITZY

Ritz [trade mark].
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PRONUNCIATION OF RITZY

ritzy  [ˈrɪtsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RITZY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ritzy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RITZY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ritzy in the English dictionary

The definition of ritzy in the dictionary is luxurious or elegant.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RITZY


baronetcy
ˈbærənɪtsɪ
bitsy
ˈbɪtsɪ
brevetcy
ˈbrɛvɪtsɪ
cornetcy
ˈkɔːnɪtsɪ
ditzy
ˈdɪtsɪ
glitzy
ˈɡlɪtsɪ
itsy-bitsy
ˈɪtsɪˈbɪtsɪ
schizy
ˈskɪtsɪ
schizzy
ˈskɪtsɪ
Uffizi
juːˈfɪtsɪ
Witsie
ˈwɪtsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RITZY

ritornelli
ritornello
ritournelle
ritter
ritual
ritualisation
ritualise
ritualism
ritualistic
ritualistically
ritualization
ritualize
ritualized
ritually
ritz
ritzier
ritziest
ritzily
ritziness
riva

WORDS THAT END LIKE RITZY

breezy
chintzy
cozy
crazy
dizzy
fizzy
floozy
frenzy
frizzy
fuzzy
hazy
jazzy
klutzy
lazy
quartzy
Sarkozy
schmaltzy
shmaltzy
sleazy
snazzy

Synonyms and antonyms of ritzy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RITZY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ritzy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ritzy

Translation of «ritzy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RITZY

Find out the translation of ritzy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ritzy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ritzy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

润泽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ritzy
570 millions of speakers

English

ritzy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ritzy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ريتزي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шикарный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pomposo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উঁচুদরের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ritzy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nobel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

豪華な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호화로운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ritzy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ritzy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Ritzy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खिन्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lüks
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ritzy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ritzy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шикарний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ritzy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ritzy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ritzy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ritzy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ritzy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ritzy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RITZY»

The term «ritzy» is regularly used and occupies the 68.856 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of ritzy
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «ritzy».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RITZY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ritzy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ritzy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ritzy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RITZY»

Discover the use of ritzy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ritzy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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SPIN
# • V Ritzy Bryan. Matt Thomas, and Rhydian Dafydd, shot for SPIN in New York City. May 1,2010 THE FIESTA GETS 40 HIGHWAY MILES PER GA THAT'S MORE. Massive-sounding U.K. amp-wreckers overcome some icky, yet ecstatic, buzz ...
2
United States of America Congressional Record
Ritzy, a 13-year-old English springer spaniel, was Bond's Exhibit A on the floor of the Senate this week as the Missouri Republican pressed his case for anti-fraud provisions in legislation to overhaul the nation's voting- system. The reason: ...
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A New Dictionary of Eponyms
RITZY. Cesar Ritz (1850-1918), a Swiss entrepreneur and hotelier and the thirteenth child of a peasant couple, built the Ritz Hotel on Paris's Vendome in 1898, and it became a symbol of palatial living. Its grandeur and its food, under the ...
Morton S. Freeman, 1997
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Skipper
Skipper tolerated cats if he had to, but Ritzy hated them. Any stray that foolishly ventured into her space usually lost some fur before it escaped, if it was lucky. There was one exception, a ginger tom that roamed the neighbourhood. He was a ...
Kevin Hallewell, 2007
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The GI Bill Boys: A Memoir
I had learned the word “ritzy” somehow, and I used it often. I might have been unaware that the ritziness derived from an art deco sensibility, but I was well aware that movie characters dressed themselves in ritzy attire and lived in ritzy ...
Stella Suberman, 2012
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America Votes!: A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights
Ritzy the Dog, Superman, and Inflated Voter Registration Rolls. In his persistent advocacy for stricter identification requirements, Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R- MO) frequently trots out (sometimes literally) the case of Ritzy Mekler. It appears ...
Benjamin E. Griffith, 2008
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The Sunset Gang
"Who's the ritzy one?" Jake, who owned the candy store, had asked one day. It was Herman, of course, and the name stuck. It had come to him a bit late in life but he was content. Before that he had been Hummy. Ritzy was the first one to die.
Warren Adler, 2011
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Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy
In March 2002 he focused television network news coverage on the issue of vote fraud when he brought photos of Ritzy Mekler, a thirteen-year-old springer spaniel that had been registered to vote in St. Louis for eight years, to the Senate floor.
John Fund, 2013
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Blazing Ice: Pioneering the Twenty-first Century's Road to ...
While watching the snowy surface for signs of more sastrugi from F ritzy's cab, I mused over the origin of that field of monsters. All of a sudden, I felt a sinking in my tractor seat. I looked right, then left. My tracks spun faster than the snow went by ...
John H. Wright, 2012
10
Wizard and Glass:
The town of Ritzy, nearly four hundred miles west of Mejis, was anything but. Roy Depape reached it three nights before the Peddler's Moon— called Late- summer's Moon by some—came full, and left it a day later. Ritzy was, in fact, ...
Stephen King, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RITZY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ritzy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Man found dead with pill bottles in ritzy NYC hotel room
A man was found dead in a hotel room at the swanky Pierre hotel off Central Park on Thursday, authorities said. The housekeeper entered the room around 9 ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
2
Aeroplane Ritzy flies home for NZ Oaks
Cole, the husband of trainer Lisa Ahern, said Aeroplane Ritzy was a greyhound on the way up with a big motor and he was not surprised by the win. Favorite ... «The Press, Apr 15»
3
​San Francisco ritzy condo's sale breaks record
A 5,400-square-foot penthouse unit in a ritzy Pacific Heights building has exchanged hands for $30 million, Socketsite reported. A sale at the price, more than ... «San Francisco Business Times, Mar 15»
4
​Trump sues for $100M over noisy flights above ritzy Florida club
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Donald Trump, no stranger to noisy publicity, is complaining again about the roar of jets in a $100 million lawsuit over air traffic ... «CBS News, Jan 15»
5
Ted Cruz to speak at ritzy Passover getaway
Cruz, who has been actively courting major Jewish and pro-Israel donors in recent months, will speak at at least one ritzy Passover getaway this spring in ... «CNN, Dec 14»
6
Brixton Ritzy cinema climbs down over redundancies
Staff at the Ritzy cinema in Brixton, south London, have won their campaign to save as ... The jobs were at threat, Ritzy owner Picturehouse cautioned its staff, ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
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Picturehouse cinema backs down over Ritzy job cuts
Workers at the Ritzy in Brixton, south London, were given a rise to £8.20 per hour but were then told 34 out of 79 staff members would be made redundant. «BBC News, Oct 14»
8
Why we should join forces with Ritzy cinema staff against poverty pay
The Ritzy cinema in Brixton, south London is still showing Pride, a film that showcases solidarity and workers fighting back against injustice. Both ironic and ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
9
Will Self: Why I am boycotting my favourite local cinema
The end of the year-long industrial dispute at Brixton's Ritzy Cinema has turned out to be the worst Pyrrhic victory for its workforce: they've got the London Living ... «Evening Standard, Oct 14»
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Staff face sack after Picturehouse Cinemas agree to pay Ritzy
Picturehouse Cinemas said that the cost of increasing basic wages at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton to £8.80 an hour would be absorbed by reducing the number ... «Evening Standard, Oct 14»

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