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riverine

adj · 1 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: /ˈɹɪvəɹaɪn/
  • General-American: /ˈɹɪvɚ.ɪn/
  • General-American: /ˈɹɪvɚ.in/
  • General-American: /ˈɹɪvɚ.aɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪn

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to rivers, or located on or by a river; inhabiting a river or its surrounds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literary

Examples

  • 2017: We don’t need to save endangered species. Extinction is part of evolution" by R. Alexander Pyron in the Washington Post When beavers make a dam, they cause the local extinction of numerous riverine species that cannot survive in the new lake.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English rive English -er English river Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English riverine From river + -ine.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَهْرِيّ (nahriyy) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Belarusian: рачны́ (račný) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Belarusian: рэ́чны (réčny) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Bulgarian: ре́чен (réčen) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Czech: říční — of or pertaining to rivers
  • French: fluvial — of or pertaining to rivers
  • German: Fluss- — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Greek: ποταμίσιος (potamísios) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Greek: ποτάμιος (potámios) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Hungarian: folyami — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Irish: abhann — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Irish: dobhar- — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Irish: srutha — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Latin: amnicus — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Lithuanian: upinis — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Macedonian: речен (rečen) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Polish: rzeczny — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Portuguese: ribeirinho — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Russian: речно́й (rečnój) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Serbo-Croatian: ре̑чнӣ — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Serbo-Croatian: рије̑чнӣ — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȇčnī — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Serbo-Croatian: rijȇčnī — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Slovak: riečny — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Slovene: rečen — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Spanish: fluvial — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Spanish: ribereño — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Ukrainian: річни́й (ričnýj) — of or pertaining to rivers
  • Ukrainian: річкови́й (ričkovýj) — of or pertaining to rivers