rictus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin rictus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹɪk.təs/, /ˈɹɪk.tʊs/ Rhymes: -ɪktəs === Noun === rictus (plural rictus or rictuses) A bird’s gaping mouth. The throat of a calyx. Any open-mouthed expression. ==== Derived terms ==== rictal ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Citrus, Curtis, Turcis, citrus, rustic == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin rictus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈrik.tus] === Noun === rictus m (invariable) rictus === Further reading === “rictus”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “rictus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “rictus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rictus”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin rictus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁik.tys/ === Noun === rictus m (invariable) rictus; grimace === Further reading === “rictus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From ringor (“to gape, show one's teeth, snarl; to be vexed”) + -tus (action noun forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrɪk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrik.tus] === Noun === rictus m (genitive rictūs); fourth declension the gaping of a mouth, as when laughing or yawning; (of animals) gaping jaws Synonym: hiātus ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: rictus → French: rictus → Portuguese: ricto → Spanish: rictus === Participle === rictus (feminine ricta, neuter rictum); first/second-declension participle perfect participle of ringor ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “rictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “rictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "rictus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) === Anagrams === citrus == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French rictus, borrowed from Latin rictus. === Noun === rictus n (plural rictusuri) rictus ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin rictus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈriɡtus/ [ˈriɣ̞.t̪us] Rhymes: -iɡtus Syllabification: ric‧tus === Noun === rictus m (plural rictus) sneer; wince === Further reading === “rictus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025