riviera

From Italian riviera, from Old French riviere, from Latin riparius. Doublet of river and rivière

riviera (plural rivieras)

1. Any coastal area popular with tourists.

riviera c (singular definite rivieraen, plural indefinite rivieraer)

1. riviera

• “riviera” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Old French riviere, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”).

• IPA^(key): /riˈvjɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: ri‧viè‧ra

riviera f (plural riviere)

1. coast

   Synonym: costa

• riva

• → English: riviera

• riavrei, virerai

Borrowed from Italian riviera. Doublet of revir.

riviera c

1. riviera

• Franska rivieran

• riviera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)