Phrase guide

right bank

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The bank to the right of a river when facing downstream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: RDB, right descending bank

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աջափնյա (aǰapʻnya) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Belarusian: правабярэ́жны (pravabjaréžny) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Belarusian: правабе́ражны (pravabjéražny) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 右岸 (yòu'àn) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Czech: pravobřežní — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Dutch: rechteroever — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Finnish: oikea ranta — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • French: rive droite — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • German: rechtsufrig — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • German: rechtsuferig — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Japanese: 右岸 (ugan) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Korean: 우안 (uan) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Polish: prawobrzeżny — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Russian: пра́вый бе́рег (právyj béreg) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Russian: правобере́жный (pravoberéžnyj) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Slovak: pravobrežný — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Slovene: desnobrežni — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Spanish: margen derecha — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Ukrainian: пра́вий бе́рег (právyj béreh) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Ukrainian: правобере́жжя (pravoberéžžja) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Ukrainian: правобере́жний (pravoberéžnyj) — river bank to the right when facing downstream
  • Vietnamese: hữu ngạn — river bank to the right when facing downstream