rivage
/ˈɹɪvɪdʒ/
rivage noun: a coast, a shore.
Noun
rivage (countable and uncountable, plural rivages)
- A coast, a shore.
- Ryght soo departed Galahad / Percyual / and Bors with hym / and soo they rode thre dayes / and thenne they came to a Ryuage and fonde the shyp[…]/ And whanne they cam to the borde / they fonde in the myddes the table of syluer / whiche they had lefte with the maymed kynge and the Sancgreal whiche...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII
- Pactolus with his waters shere
Throwes forth upon the rivage1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
Forms of rivage
| plural | rivages |
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Origin of rivage
From Anglo-Norman rivage, Middle French rivage, from Late Latin rīpāticum.
Words formed from rivage
Questions about rivage
- What does rivage mean?
- Rivage means a coast, a shore.
- What part of speech is rivage?
- Rivage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rivage?
- Rivage is pronounced /ˈɹɪvɪdʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rivage?
- The plural of rivage is rivages.
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