fleuve

Meaning

1. (masculine) a river that flows into an ocean or sea (a river that flows into another river or body of water is called a rivière)
2. (figuratively, masculine) a continuous and unstoppable stream of people, things, or words
3. (masculine) a river god, or the allegorical artistic representation of a river as an old, bearded man lying on reeds and holding or leaning on an urn from which the river's water flows

Concepts

river

stream

brook

flow

rapids

rivers

streams

surface water

torrent

tributaries

valley

watercourse

water course

small river

stretch of water

tide river

underbridge

large river

overbridge

Big River

brooks

current

Synonyms

rivière

ruisseau

cours d’eau

marigot

affluent

riviere

torrent

eaux courantes

Translations

río

fiume

Fluss

rio

rivier

Strom

nehir

riu

fluvius

ırmak

stroom

ποταμός

flumen

çem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flœv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: fleuve

Inherited from Old French: flueve

Cognate with Old French: fluet

Cognate with Frankish: *flōdu

Cognate with Old Norse: flóð

Cognate with Old French: fluns

Cognate with Latin: flūmen

Cognate with Occitan: flume

Cognate with Romansh: flüm

Cognate with Italian: fiume

In summary

Inherited from Middle French fleuve, from late Old French flueve (12th cent.), according to the traditional view, a dissimilated form of fluive, fluie, a re-borrowing of Latin fluvius (“stream”). Alternatively, confluence with Old French fluet, flot ("river, flood"; from Frankish *flōd) and/or borrowing from Old Norse flóð (“tidal flood, estuarine river or flood”) cannot be ruled out. See flot. Replaced native Old French fluns, flum, from Latin flūmen (compare Occitan flume, Romansch flüm, Italian fiume).

Sentences

Le fleuve inonde le village régulièrement .

The river floods the village regularly.