ritz
/ɹɪts/
ritz noun: a display of ostentatious elegance.
Noun
ritz (uncountable)
- A display of ostentatious elegance.
Verb
ritz (third-person singular simple present ritzes, present participle ritzing, simple past and past participle ritzed)
- To behave in an ostentatiously elegant manner.
- What would I do with them in the room except dream all night through of ritzing around the world with swells?1937, Collier's, volume 99, page 69
- Fuller remembered visiting Hammond in his office. “He was dressed like a movie senator with black ribbon pince-nez. Almost ritzed me out of the office.”2020, Christopher Knowlton, Bubble in the Sun, page 268
Proper noun capitalized: Ritz
Ritz (plural Ritzes)
- A surname.
ritz meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ritz in Hindi
- रिट्ज़, रिट्ज
ritz in Tamil
- ரிட்ஸ்
ritz in Marathi
- रिट्झ, रिट्ज
ritz in Urdu
- رٹز
More languagesFewer languages
- ritz in Bengali
- রিটজ, রিৎজ
- ritz in Telugu
- రిట్జ్
- ritz in Malayalam
- റിറ്റ്സ്, റിട്സ്
- ritz in Kannada
- ರಿಟ್ಜ್, ರಿಟ್ಝ್
- ritz in Punjabi
- ਰਿੱਟਜ਼, ਰਿਟਜ਼, ਰਿੱਤਜ਼
- ritz in Gujarati
- રિટ્ઝ, રીટ્ઝ, રીટઝ
- ritz in Odia
- ରିଟ୍ଜ୍, ରିଟ୍ଜ
- ritz in Nepali
- रिट्ज, रिट्ज़
Forms of ritz
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | ritzes |
| present participle | ritzing |
| past participle | ritzed |
| past | ritzed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ritzes |
Origin of ritz
Back-formation from ritzy.
From the German surname, from the personal name Rizo, partially from Richard and partially from Heinrich. Also shortened from Moritz.
Words formed from ritz
Phrases with ritz
Questions about ritz
- What does ritz mean?
- Ritz means a display of ostentatious elegance.
- What is ritz in Hindi?
- Ritz in Hindi is रिट्ज़, रिट्ज. See Ritz meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ritz?
- Ritz can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ritz?
- Ritz is pronounced /ɹɪts/.
Words near ritz in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ritz (page history and authors); Ritz (page history and authors); ritz (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ritz (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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