Standard Lemma guide

riverbank

name · noun · 3 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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪv.əˌbæŋk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɹɪv.ɚˌbæŋk/
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH1 V ER0 B AE2 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the bank of a river

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: riverside

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bank

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English rive English -er English river English bank English riverbank From river + bank.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mat — sloped side of a river
  • Armenian: գետափ (getapʻ) — sloped side of a river
  • Bulgarian: речен бряг (rečen brjag) — sloped side of a river
  • Catalan: riba — sloped side of a river
  • Catalan: ribera — sloped side of a river
  • Chinese Mandarin: 江畔 (jiāngpàn) — sloped side of a river
  • Dutch: oever — sloped side of a river
  • Egyptian: i-d-b-N21 (jdb) — sloped side of a river
  • Esperanto: riverbordo — sloped side of a river
  • Finnish: joenpenkka — sloped side of a river
  • French: rive — sloped side of a river
  • French: berge — sloped side of a river
  • Galician: regada — sloped side of a river
  • Galician: ribeira — sloped side of a river
  • German: Ufer — sloped side of a river
  • Greek: όχθη (óchthi) — sloped side of a river
  • Ancient Greek: ὄχθη (ókhthē) — sloped side of a river
  • Hebrew: גדות (gadoth) — sloped side of a river
  • Hindi: तट (taṭ) — sloped side of a river
  • Hungarian: folyópart — sloped side of a river
  • Ido: rivo — sloped side of a river
  • Tuwali Ifugao: malona — sloped side of a river
  • Ilocano: igid — sloped side of a river
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: teɏanteg — sloped side of a river
  • Korean: 강변 (gangbyeon) — sloped side of a river
  • Old Korean: 汀理 — sloped side of a river
  • Latin: rīpa — sloped side of a river
  • Māori: tahataha — sloped side of a river
  • Māori: tarawāhi — sloped side of a river
  • Māori: paretai — sloped side of a river
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elvebredd — sloped side of a river
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elvebredd — sloped side of a river
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elvebreidd — sloped side of a river
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elvebreidde — sloped side of a river
  • Persian: رودبار (rudbār) — sloped side of a river
  • Plautdietsch: Eewa — sloped side of a river
  • Polish: brzeg rzeki — sloped side of a river
  • Sikkimese: ཆུ་ཁར (chu khar) — sloped side of a river
  • Spanish: orilla — sloped side of a river
  • Spanish: benque — sloped side of a river
  • Spanish: riba — sloped side of a river
  • Spanish: ribera — sloped side of a river
  • Swedish: flodbank — sloped side of a river
  • Tagalog: pampang — sloped side of a river
  • Tamil: ஆற்றங்கரை (āṟṟaṅkarai) — sloped side of a river
  • Tocharian B: manarko — sloped side of a river
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیف (sif) — sloped side of a river
  • Ukrainian: берег річки (bereh ričky) — sloped side of a river
  • Unami: shaunke — sloped side of a river
  • Unami: yape — sloped side of a river