river

Signification (English)

1. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
2. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
3. The last card dealt in a hand.
4. A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

rivière

fleuve

ruisseau

cours d’eau

riviere

eaux courantes

large river

shallow water

small river

clean water

Big River

water source

any flowing stream

flowing stream

great river

mountain-torrent

Fréquence

Coupé comme

riv‧er

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹɪvə/

Inherited from moyen anglais

Cognate with latin

In summary

From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.

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