riparian
/ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a riparian settlement in the style of Fangoso Lagoons, she was only shaking and a little nauseous in the stomach."
- "A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow."
- "European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River."
- "Relying on the fact that both states are riparian states, the court noted that both have “an equal right to make a reasonable use” of the water in the shared basin and that Florida bore the “heavy burden” of proving its case by clear and convincing evidence."
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 Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English riparian Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/