different between riches vs niches

English

Etymology

From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English r??e (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *r?ki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *r?kijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German r?hhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English r??e (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t???z/
• Hyphenation: rich?es
• Rhymes: -?t??z

Noun

riches pl (plural only)

1. Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
2. (figuratively) An abundance of anything desirable.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Derived terms

• embarrassment of riches

Related terms

• rich

Translations

Anagrams

• Chiers, shicer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?/

Adjective

riches

1. plural of riche

Anagrams

• chéris

Middle English

Alternative forms

• richesse, reches

Etymology

Plural of riche.

Noun

riches (uncountable)

1. riches, wealth

Descendants

• English: riches
• Yola: reeches

References

• “riches, n. plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Adjective

riches pl

1. plural of riche (“rich”)

English

Noun

niches

1. plural of niche

Anagrams

• Chiens, chines, chinse, inches

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

niches

1. plural of niche

French

Verb

niches

1. second-person singular present indicative of nicher
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of nicher

Anagrams

• chiens
• chines