river

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

fiume

fluviale

torrente

rivo

riva

🏦

rio

ruscello

Tpapcarì

Tullumayu

fiume

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

rivière

río

fleuve

Fluss

rivier

rio

riu

fluvius

stroom

ποταμός

nehir

flumen

ırmak

Strom

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɹɪvə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: ryver

Affine latino: 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.

Frasi

They rented a boat and went down the river .

Hanno affittato una barca e scendevano lungo il fiume.

The river is used for a variety of purposes .

Il fiume viene utilizzato per una varietà di scopi.

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

Il parco idrico Schlitterbahn è costruito lungo un tratto del fiume.

There is no perennial river in the district .

The name of the river originated in the Evenki language .

Il nome del fiume ha avuto origine nella lingua evenki.

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

La diversità della vegetazione lungo il fiume supporta un'ampia varietà di fauna selvatica.