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rialto

rialto noun: a marketplace, literally or figuratively.

Noun

rialto (plural rialtos or rialtoes)

  1. (rare) A marketplace, literally or figuratively.
    • Since word of semaglutide’s slimming effects hit the diet-culture rialto, people have been clamoring for it. In 2022, the FDA listed semaglutide drugs as in shortage. People who couldn’t wait for the real thing began to turn to specialized pharmacies that cook up Ozempic knock-offs as if it were...2025 January 13, Virginia Heffernan, “The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell. Now that Novo Nordisk is the world’s weight-loss juggernaut, will it have to betray its first patients—type 1 diabetics?”...

Proper noun capitalized: Rialto

Rialto

  1. A central area of San Polo sestiere, Venice, Veneto, Italy.
  2. A comune in Savona province, Liguria, Italy.
  3. A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Forms of rialto

pluralrialtos
pluralrialtoes

Origin of rialto

By extension from the marketplace activity of the Rialto in Venice.

Questions about rialto

What does rialto mean?
Rialto means a marketplace, literally or figuratively.
What part of speech is rialto?
Rialto can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of rialto?
The plural of rialto is rialtos.

Words near rialto in the dictionary

  1. RIAF
  2. riah
  3. rial
  4. rials
  5. Rialses
  6. rialto
  7. rialtoes
  8. rialtos
  9. Rian
  10. Riana
  11. riancy

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