riviere

See also: Riviere and rivière

English

riviere (plural rivieres)

Alternative form of rivière (“necklace of precious stones”)
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riviere

riviere f (plural rivieris)

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riviere f

From Old French riviere, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”).

riviere f (plural rivieres)

From Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”).

riviere oblique singular, f (oblique plural rivieres, nominative singular riviere, nominative plural rivieres)

Middle French: riviere
- French: rivière
  - → English: rivière
→ Middle Dutch: riviere
- Dutch: rivier
  - Afrikaans: rivier
  - Jersey Dutch: rîver
→ Middle English: ryver, ryvere, river, rivere, rever, revere, revyr, reyvere
- English: river
- Scots: river
→ Italian: riviera
- → English: Riviera

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