riste
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁis.t͡ʃi/
riste is spelled R-I-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lance rest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular preterite indicative of rir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “suporte de ferro que dava suporte à parte inferior da lança, uasada quando o cavaleiro estava pronto para…”.
What does riste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelance rest
verb
- 1
second-person singular preterite indicative of rir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. suporte de ferro que dava suporte à parte inferior da lança, uasada quando o cavaleiro estava pronto para atacar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of riste
- ristes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riste?
- Brazil /ˈʁis.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [ˈhis.t͡ʃi]
- /ˈʁiʃ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is riste in Portuguese?
riste appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).