rizo

See also: Rizo, rizo-, rizó, and rižo

Esperanto

Etymology

From French riz, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrizo]

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• Rhymes: -izo
• Hyphenation: ri‧zo

Noun

rizo (accusative singular rizon, plural rizoj, accusative plural rizojn)

1. rice

Derived terms

• rizoplanto

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rizo (Cyrillic spelling ризо)

1. vocative singular of riza

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈriθo/ [ˈri.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈriso/ [ˈri.so]
• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: ri‧zo

Etymology 1

From erizo (“hedgehog”), from Latin ēricius. Compare Portuguese riço, Italian riccio.

Adjective

rizo (feminine riza, masculine plural rizos, feminine plural rizas)

1. curly, kinky (of hair)

Noun

rizo m (plural rizos)

1. curl, lock (of hair)
2. anything shaped like a curl of hair
3. (cosmetics) highlight

Derived terms

• nudo de rizo
• rizar el rizo
• rizoso

Related terms

• erizo

Etymology 2

Verb

rizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rizar

Further reading

• “rizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā).

Noun

rizo (plural rizolar)

1. consent, agreement