riparian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈpɛːɹɪən/ (UK)
- (Australia) audio
- /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- Proto-Indo-European *h₁réyp-eh₂ Proto-Italic *reipā Latin rīpa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin rīpārius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English riparian Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.
Meanings
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Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
2013 January 14, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2013, page 59:Relying on the fact that both states are riparian states, the court noted that both have “an equal right to make a reasonable use” of the water in the shared basin and that Florida bore the “heavy burden” of proving its case by clear and convincing evidence.
2021 April 1, Lara Fowler, “No April Fool’s joke for Florida: Water rights case is dismissed”, in SCOTUSblog:By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a riparian settlement in the style of Fangoso Lagoons, she was only shaking and a little nauseous in the stomach.
1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 112:A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow.
2011 May 28, Jim Perrin, The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most riparian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more riparian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
semiriparian · xeroriparian · hydroriparian · nonriparian · Austroriparian · riparianism · riparian buffer · pseudoriparian · riparian right · riparianness · mesoriparian
Relateds
Translations (26)
pl nadbrzeżny (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · cmn 河岸的 (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · hu ártéri (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · pl przyrzeczny (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · pt ribeirinha (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · bg крайречен (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · cs pobřežní (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · no elverelatert (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · hi तटवर्ती (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · it ripicolo (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · pt ripícola (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · ca riberenc (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · sv strand- (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · de Ufer- (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · pt ribeirinho (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · cs poříční (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · cs břehový (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · ca ripari (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · es ribereño (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · fr rivulaire (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · pt ripária (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · it ripaiolo (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · fi jokivarsi- (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · it ripario (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · it ripestre (of or pertaining to a riverbank) · hi तटीय (of or pertaining to a riverbank)