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rivage

/ˈɹɪvɪdʒ/ UK

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From Anglo-Norman rivage, Middle French rivage, from Late Latin rīpāticum.

noun rivages

archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable 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 wa
UK, countable, historical, uncountable A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.

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@misc{rivage_2026,
  title = {rivage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rivage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}