different between riches vs opulence

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

Etymology

From French opulence, from Latin opulentia.

Noun

opulence (countable and uncountable, plural opulences)

1. wealth
2. abundance, bounty, profusion
3. ostentatious display of wealth and luxury; plushness.
   • 1721, John Gay, A Panegyrical Epi?tle to Mr. Thomas Snow, Gold?mith, near Temple-Bar; Occa?ion’d by his Buying and Selling the Third South-Sea Sub?criptions, taken in by the Directors at a Thou?and per Cent, published in 1733 in Mi?cellanies, volume 3, page 239:

   • C. J. Fox:

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Related terms

• opulent

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opulentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.py.l??s/

Noun

opulence f (plural opulences)

1. opulence

Related terms

• opulent

Further reading

• “opulence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).