different between riverain vs riverine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French riverain.

Adjective

riverain (comparative more riverain, superlative most riverain)

1. Of or pertaining to rivers or their surrounding environments.

See also

• riparian

Anagrams

• Riverian, riverian

French

Etymology

rivière +? -ain "people living along a river"

Pronunciation

Adjective

riverain (feminine singular riveraine, masculine plural riverains, feminine plural riveraines)

1. riverside (along a river)

Noun

riverain m (plural riverains)

1. amnicolist
2. resident (of a specific neighbourhood, square, etc.)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vernirai

English

Etymology

river +? -ine

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v??a?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???v?.?n/, /???v?.a?n/

Adjective

riverine (comparative more riverine, superlative most riverine)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• fluvial

See also

• riparian

Translations