littoral

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

Noun

• A shore.
• The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.

Origin

• 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, and more distantly to English lido, via Italian lido.