"littoral" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlɪtəɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-littoral.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found. Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, Portuguese litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool”), via Italian lido (“beach, shore”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|littoralis}} Late Latin littoralis, {{m|la|litoris}} litoris, {{m|la|litus}} litus, {{m|en|litoral}} litoral, {{cog|fr|littoral}} French littoral, {{cog|es|litoral}} Spanish litoral, {{cog|pt|litoral}} Portuguese litoral, {{m|en|lido||outdoor pool}} lido (“outdoor pool”), {{m|it|lido||beach, shore}} lido (“beach, shore”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} littoral (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: intertidal Derived forms: circumlittoral, infralittoral, sublittoral, supralittoral Related terms: lido Coordinate_terms: coastal Translations (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore): крайбрежен (krajbrežen) (Bulgarian), litoral (Catalan), kust- (Dutch), ranta- (Finnish), rannikko- (Finnish), litoral [masculine] (Galician), παράκτιος (paráktios) (Greek), litorális (Hungarian), tengerparti (Hungarian), tengermelléki (Hungarian), partvidéki (Hungarian), litorala (Ido), litoraneo (Italian), lītorālis (Latin), matāwhanga (Maori), litoralny (Polish), прибре́жный (pribréžnyj) (Russian), litoral (Spanish), kust- (Swedish), kıyısal (Turkish), sahilsel (Turkish), прибере́жний (pryberéžnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-littoral-en-adj-KE-f9lez
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: litoral

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɪtəɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-littoral.wav [Southern-England] Forms: littorals [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found. Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, Portuguese litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool”), via Italian lido (“beach, shore”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|littoralis}} Late Latin littoralis, {{m|la|litoris}} litoris, {{m|la|litus}} litus, {{m|en|litoral}} litoral, {{cog|fr|littoral}} French littoral, {{cog|es|litoral}} Spanish litoral, {{cog|pt|litoral}} Portuguese litoral, {{m|en|lido||outdoor pool}} lido (“outdoor pool”), {{m|it|lido||beach, shore}} lido (“beach, shore”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} littoral (plural littorals)
  1. A shore. Translations (the shore): крайбрежие (krajbrežie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kust (Dutch), kuststreek (Dutch), kustgebied (Dutch), ακτή (aktí) [feminine] (Greek), litoro (Ido), litoraneo [masculine] (Italian), spiaggia [feminine] (Italian), litorale [masculine] (Italian), matāwhanga (Maori), ara o Hinekirikiri (Maori), бе́рег (béreg) [masculine] (Russian), litoral [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-littoral-en-noun-DH0pEd8V Disambiguation of 'the shore': 95 5
  2. The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels. Synonyms: intertidal zone, foreshore, littoral range
    Sense id: en-littoral-en-noun-JKT3IRkB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 3 89 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 6 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: litoral

Adjective [French]

IPA: /li.tɔ.ʁal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-littoral.wav Forms: littorale [feminine], littoraux [masculine, plural], littorales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin littorālis, alternative form of lītorālis, from lītus (“shore”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|littorālis}} Learned borrowing from Latin littorālis, {{m|la|lītorālis}} lītorālis, {{m|la|lītus||shore}} lītus (“shore”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} littoral (feminine littorale, masculine plural littoraux, feminine plural littorales)
  1. littoral, coastal Synonyms: côtier
    Sense id: en-littoral-fr-adj-WoA6zvqs Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 97 3

Noun [French]

IPA: /li.tɔ.ʁal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-littoral.wav Forms: littoraux [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin littorālis, alternative form of lītorālis, from lītus (“shore”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|littorālis}} Learned borrowing from Latin littorālis, {{m|la|lītorālis}} lītorālis, {{m|la|lītus||shore}} lītus (“shore”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} littoral m (plural littoraux)
  1. littoral Tags: masculine Synonyms: côte
    Sense id: en-littoral-fr-noun-4H2N9Rxn

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "littorale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "littoraux",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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      ],
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        {
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        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/li.tɔ.ʁal/"
    },
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}

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    "French adjectives",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French learned borrowings from Latin",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links"
  ],
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        "3": "littorālis"
      },
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      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
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        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "lītorālis",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin littorālis, alternative form of lītorālis, from lītus (“shore”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "littoraux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "côte"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/li.tɔ.ʁal/"
    },
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}

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