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/
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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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