rite

nomadjectifadverbeinterjectionnomattesté dans les dialogues

États-Unis//ɹaɪt//

A religious custom.

nom

1
A religious custom.
2
A prescribed behavior.
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.
But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally.

Étymologie

Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.

adjectif

1
Variante de rightfamilierInformal spelling of right.
He's rite, you know.

Étymologie

Variation of right.

adverbe

1
Variante de rightfamilierInformal spelling 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.

interjection

1
Variante de rightfamilierInformal spelling of right.
Rite, let's do it.

nom

1
Variante de rightfamilierInformal spelling of right.

Formes

pluriel: rites

risotto · An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.Rita · A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or…Ritchie · A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a…

rite · A religious custom.

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