rivage

[ riv-ij, rahy-vij ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a bank, shore, or coast.

rivage

/ ˈrɪvɪdʒ /

noun

1. archaic.
   a bank, shore, or coast

Word History and Origins

Origin of rivage¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to rive river ¹ (< Latin rīpa riverbank) + -age -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of rivage¹

C14: from Old French, from rive river bank, from Latin rīpa

Example Sentences

Aussi tot la chaloupe fut armee pour aller chercher ceux qui s'etoient sauvez le long du rivage.

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It was only three blocks down to Beau Rivage, and thither Mike drove them in all the storm.

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They rode three days, and then they came to a rivage, where they found the ship whereof the tale speaketh tofore.

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Le sable du rivage (de l'ile Bernier) est quartzeux, mele d'une grande proportion de debris calcaires fortement attenues.

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Beau Rivage, old and moss-grown at the close of the war, fell into rapid decline after the tragedy of that April night.

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