rioter

English

Alternative forms

• riotor (now rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English riotour, from Old French rioteor; equivalent to riot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪətə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪətɚ/

Noun

rioter (plural rioters)

1. One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.

   The rioters had erected a makeshift barricade and were pelting the police with rocks from behind it.

   • 2015 April 28, Ben Brumfield, “Baltimore riots: A few people tried to stop the unrest”, in CNN‎:

     The rioters overshadowed the message of peaceful protesters on prior days: They had called for justice for Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died from spinal injuries after police arrested him this month.

   • 2025 January 24, Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, “Exclusive: January 6 rioter freed after Trump’s pardon — but authorities say he should still be in jail”, in CNN‎:

     High-profile January 6 rioter Guy Reffitt showed up in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to celebrate with his wife and supporters who’d been hoping for his release from federal detention for months.

Translations

one who riots

Azerbaijani: iğtişaşçı Belarusian: бунтаўнік m (buntaŭnik), бунтаўшчык m (buntaŭščyk), пагромшчык m (pahrómščyk) Bulgarian: размирник (bg) m (razmirnik) Catalan: amotinat (ca) m, amotinada (ca) f Dutch: relschopper (nl) m, oproermaker (nl) m Finnish: mellakoitsija (fi), mellakoija (fi) French: émeutier (fr) m, émeutière (fr) f German: Randalierer (de) m, Randaliererin (de) f, Aufrührer (de) m, Aufrührerin (de) f Irish: círéibeoir m Korean: 폭도(暴徒) (ko) (pokdo) Middle English: riotour Polish: buntownik (pl) m, buntowniczka f Portuguese: baderneiro m, baderneira f Russian: бунтовщи́к (ru) m (buntovščík), повста́нец (ru) m (povstánec), мяте́жник (ru) m (mjatéžnik), бунта́рь (ru) m (buntárʹ) Swedish: upploppsmakare c Turkish: gösterici; isyancı; ayaklanmacı Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Welsh: terfysgwr (cy) m

Anagrams

• Terrio

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

rioter

1. to half-laugh; to snigger

Conjugation

Conjugation of rioter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rioter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	riotant /ʁjɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rioté /ʁjɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	riote /ʁjɔt/	riotes /ʁjɔt/	riote /ʁjɔt/	riotons /ʁjɔ.tɔ̃/	riotez /ʁjɔ.te/	riotent /ʁjɔt/
	imperfect	riotais /ʁjɔ.tɛ/	riotais /ʁjɔ.tɛ/	riotait /ʁjɔ.tɛ/	riotions /ʁjɔ.tjɔ̃/	riotiez /ʁjɔ.tje/	riotaient /ʁjɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	riotai /ʁjɔ.te/	riotas /ʁjɔ.ta/	riota /ʁjɔ.ta/	riotâmes /ʁjɔ.tam/	riotâtes /ʁjɔ.tat/	riotèrent /ʁjɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	rioterai /ʁjɔ.tʁe/	rioteras /ʁjɔ.tʁa/	riotera /ʁjɔ.tʁa/	rioterons /ʁjɔ.tʁɔ̃/	rioterez /ʁjɔ.tʁe/	rioteront /ʁjɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rioterais /ʁjɔ.tʁɛ/	rioterais /ʁjɔ.tʁɛ/	rioterait /ʁjɔ.tʁɛ/	rioterions /ʁjɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	rioteriez /ʁjɔ.tə.ʁje/	rioteraient /ʁjɔ.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	riote /ʁjɔt/	riotes /ʁjɔt/	riote /ʁjɔt/	riotions /ʁjɔ.tjɔ̃/	riotiez /ʁjɔ.tje/	riotent /ʁjɔt/
	imperfect2	riotasse /ʁjɔ.tas/	riotasses /ʁjɔ.tas/	riotât /ʁjɔ.ta/	riotassions /ʁjɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	riotassiez /ʁjɔ.ta.sje/	riotassent /ʁjɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	riote /ʁjɔt/	—	riotons /ʁjɔ.tɔ̃/	riotez /ʁjɔ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “rioter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

rioter

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of riotour