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Plural of riot

regular plural

The plural of riot is riots.

Forms of riot

Singularriot /ˈɹaɪ.ət/
Pluralriots
Countablecountable and uncountable

Riots in a sentence

  • The protests began peacefully but turned into riots after several days.
  • The government called in the army to deal with the riots.From the entry call in
  • Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?From the entry next
  • The riots stopped when police moved in.From the entry stop
  • Police have to tame the riots.From the entry tame

Meaning of riot

  1. noun A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
  2. noun A wide and unconstrained variety.
  3. noun A humorous or entertaining event or person.

Full definition of riot

Questions about the plural of riot

What is the plural of riot?
The plural of riot is riots.
Is riot countable?
Riot is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: riot (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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