adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/ˈlɪtəɹəl/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
homophone: literal
CMU ARPABET:L IH1 T ER0 AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intertidal, maritime
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intertidal zone, foreshore, littoral range
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to a coastal or shore region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found. Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, Portuguese litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool”), via Italian lido (“beach, shore”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
крайбрежен
(krajbrežen)
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Catalan:
litoral
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Czech:
litorální
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Dutch:
litoraal
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Dutch:
kust-
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Finnish:
ranta-
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Finnish:
rannikko-
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Galician:
litoral
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Greek:
παράκτιος
(paráktios)
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Hindi:
तटीय
(taṭīya)
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Hindi:
तटवर्ती
(taṭvartī)
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Hungarian:
litorális
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Hungarian:
tengerparti
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Hungarian:
tengermelléki
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Hungarian:
partvidéki
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Ido:
litorala
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Italian:
litoraneo
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Latin:
lītorālis
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Māori:
matāwhanga
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Polish:
litoralny
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Portuguese:
litoral
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Portuguese:
litorâneo
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Russian:
прибре́жный
(pribréžnyj)
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Spanish:
litoral
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Swedish:
kust-
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Turkish:
kıyısal
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Turkish:
sahilsel
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
Ukrainian:
прибере́жний
(pryberéžnyj)
— of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore
