different between rivage vs littoral

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman rivage, Middle French rivage, from rive + -age.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?d?/

Noun

rivage (plural rivages)

1. (now rare, poetic) A coast, a shore.
   • 1892, Michael Field, "The Death of Procris"

     […] leaves have taken flight

     From yon

     Slim seedling-birch on the rivage, the flock

     Of herons has the quiet of solitude […]

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Recollections of the Arabian Nights

     From the green rivage many a fall / Of diamond rillets musical.

2. (law, Britain, historical) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.

Anagrams

• Argive, virgae

French

Etymology

From rive +? -age, ultimately from Latin ripaticus (“moorage, shore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.va?/
• Homophone: rivages
• Hyphenation: ri?vage
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

rivage m (plural rivages)

1. bank; shore; coast

Further reading

• “rivage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• virage

Old French

Noun

rivage m (oblique plural rivages, nominative singular rivages, nominative plural rivage)

1. riverbank or shore

Descendants

• ? English: rivage
• French: rivage

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rivage, supplement)
• rivage on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Alternative forms

• litoral

Etymology

From Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found. Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool”), via Italian lido (“beach, shore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t???l/
• Homophone: literal

Adjective

littoral (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

   Synonym: intertidal

Usage notes

• Specifically refers to the water at the shore, rather than the land, particularly in the phrase littoral zone.

Coordinate terms

• coastal

Derived terms

Related terms

• lido

Translations

Further reading

• Littoral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

littoral (plural littorals)

1. A shore.
2. The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.

   Synonyms: intertidal zone, foreshore, littoral range

Translations

References

Anagrams

• tortilla

French

Etymology

From Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

littoral (feminine singular littorale, masculine plural littoraux, feminine plural littorales)

1. littoral, coastal

Noun

littoral m (plural littoraux)

1. littoral

Further reading

• “littoral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tortilla