Dictionary

riverine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɪvɚ.aɪn/ (General-American)
• /ˈɹɪvɚ.in/ (General-American)
• /ˈɹɪvəɹaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɹɪvɚ.ɪn/ (General-American)
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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 Early Medieval Latin rīpāria Anglo-Norman rivierebor. Middle English ryver 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.

Meanings

1. (literary) Of or pertaining to rivers, or located on or by a river; inhabiting a river or its surrounds.
   • 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.
   • "Indian legends would alone have been my guide, for I found that rumors of a strange land were common among all the riverine tribes." 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
   • It is perhaps instructive to note that tropical riverine batagurids, although more similar to other river-dwelling lineages in reproductive patterns than to other semi-aquatic and terrestrial batagurids, still tend to have lower fecundities and bigger eggs relative to their body sizes than do the other groups (e.g., riverine emydids, trionychids, and podocnemids) (Moll & Moll, 1990). 2004, Don Moll, The Ecology, Exploitation and Conservation of River Turtles, page 46:
   • The meeting – titled Amazon: Centre of the World – brought together hundreds of forest guardians and their supporters, including indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, riverine communities, quilombolas, environmental activists, academics, artists, Catholic bishops, nuns and European visitors from Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future. 2019 November 18, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

transriverine · riverine rabbit · nonriverine

Relateds

riparian · estuarine

Synonyms

fluvial

Translations (30)

bg ре́чен (of or pertaining to rivers) · sk riečny (of or pertaining to rivers) · sh rȇčnī (of or pertaining to rivers) · uk річни́й (of or pertaining to rivers) · es ribereño (of or pertaining to rivers) · el ποταμίσιος (of or pertaining to rivers) · sh rijȇčnī (of or pertaining to rivers) · la amnicus (of or pertaining to rivers) · ga abhann (of or pertaining to rivers) · de Fluss- (of or pertaining to rivers) · mk речен (of or pertaining to rivers) · hu folyami (of or pertaining to rivers) · ru речно́й (of or pertaining to rivers) · uk річкови́й (of or pertaining to rivers) · ar نَهْرِيّ (of or pertaining to rivers) · sl rečen (of or pertaining to rivers) · be рэ́чны (of or pertaining to rivers) · ga srutha (of or pertaining to rivers) · pl rzeczny (of or pertaining to rivers) · es fluvial (of or pertaining to rivers) · el ποτάμιος (of or pertaining to rivers) · sh ре̑чнӣ (of or pertaining to rivers) · pt ribeirinho (of or pertaining to rivers) · be рачны́ (of or pertaining to rivers) · ga dobhar- (of or pertaining to rivers) · sh рије̑чнӣ (of or pertaining to rivers) · lt upinis (of or pertaining to rivers) · fr fluvial (of or pertaining to rivers) · fi joki- (of or pertaining to rivers) · cs říční (of or pertaining to rivers)