different between riposte vs rejoinder

English

Alternative forms

• ripost

Etymology

From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere, "to respond".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???p??st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???po?st/

Noun

riposte (plural ripostes)

1. (fencing) a thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
2. a counter-attack in any combat or any sport
3. a quick and usually witty response to a taunt, a retort
4. an answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem

Translations

Verb

riposte (third-person singular simple present ripostes, present participle riposting, simple past and past participle riposted)

1. (fencing) to attempt to hit an opponent after parrying an attack.
2. to respond quickly; particularly if the response is humorous.

Translations

Anagrams

• Epirots, Prietos, isopter, periost, periots, porites, portise, positer, prostie, reposit, ropiest

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian risposta, from the verb rispondere (“to respond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.p?st/

Noun

riposte f (plural ripostes)

1. riposte (fencing; witty response; quick reply)

Derived terms

• riposter

Verb

riposte

1. first-person singular present indicative of riposter
2. third-person singular present indicative of riposter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of riposter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of riposter
5. second-person singular imperative of riposter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• postier, potiers

Italian

Adjective

riposte f pl

1. feminine plural of riposto

Anagrams

• esporti, estirpo, estirpò, petrosi, portesi, posteri, potersi, protesi, stiperò, storpie

Spanish

Verb

riposte

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ripostar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ripostar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ripostar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of ripostar.

English

Etymology

From Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French.

Pronunciation

• (US): IPA^(key): /??d??????nd?/
• Rhymes: -??nd?(?)

Noun

rejoinder (plural rejoinders)

1. (law) The defendant's answer to the replication.
2. A response that answers another response.
3. A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.

   Synonyms: comeback, retort
4. (US patent law) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.

Related terms

Translations

Verb

rejoinder (third-person singular simple present rejoinders, present participle rejoindering, simple past and past participle rejoindered)

1. (intransitive) To issue a rejoinder.
2. (transitive) To say as a rejoinder.