rit
French, verb
rit is spelled R-I-T (3 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,090th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rit is a French verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, rît is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of rire”.
What does rit mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
third-person singular past historic
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of rire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de rite.
adverb: 1. Ritardando.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rit
- rits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is rit in French?
rit appears 7.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).