river

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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.

Verb

To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

Concepts

rivière

fleuve

ruisseau

cours d’eau

riviere

riverain

torrent

affluent

cours

eaux courantes

marigot

eau

🚰

Synonymes

stream

creek

brook

lake

rivulet

water

🚰

flow

fluvial

flood

torrent

tributary

sea

🌊

valley

waterway

current

large river

canal

plain

channel

estuary

liquid

ravine

riverbed

road

🛣️

running water

rush

sap

shallow water

streamlet

street

surface water

tank

throat

voice

wallaby

watercourse

well

zip

gum tree

rud

small river

underbridge

clean water

overbridge

riverain

Big River

water source

any flowing stream

flowing stream

great river

Traductions

río

fiume

Fluss

rivier

rio

riu

fluvius

stroom

ποταμός

nehir

ırmak

flumen

Strom

نهر

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹɪvə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ryver

Appartenant à latin: rīvus

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.

Phrases

They rented a boat and went down the river .

Ils ont loué un bateau et descendu la rivière.

The river is used for a variety of purposes .

La rivière est utilisée à diverses fins.

The Schlitterbahn Water Park is built along a stretch of the river .

Le parc aquatique de Schlitterbahn est construit le long d'un tronçon de la rivière.

There is no perennial river in the district .

The name of the river originated in the Evenki language .

Le nom de la rivière est originaire de la langue Evenki.

The diversity of vegetation along the river supports a wide variety of wildlife .

La diversité de la végétation le long de la rivière soutient une grande variété d'animaux sauvages.