ritzy
Elegant and luxuriousElegant and luxurious.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» We stayed in a ritzy five-star hotel.
Мы жили в шикарном пятизвёздочном отеле. — marafon
Мы остановились в шикарном пятизвёздочном отеле. — marafon
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesElegant and luxurious.
luxuriously elegant
Examples
3 sentencesWe stayed in a ritzy five-star hotel.
ruМы жили в шикарном пятизвёздочном отеле. — marafon
This area is getting ritzy.
Las Vegas is filled to the brim with ritzy hotels and casinos.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From the Ritz Hotels of New York, London, etc (now Ritz-Carlton Hotels) + -y, from Ritz hoFrom the Ritz Hotels of New York, London, etc (now Ritz-Carlton Hotels) + -y, from Ritz hotel founder César Ritz, from southern Switzerland. For the surname see Ritz. Compare English glitzy.
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Forms
ritzier, ritziestWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.