riparian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream

   “riparian land”

Questions about riparian

What does riparian mean?

riparian means "of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream".

How many syllables are in riparian?

riparian has 4 syllables and divides as ri-pa-ri-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is riparian a common word?

riparian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.