ru

Meaning

small stream

Frequency

23k
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁy/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French ru, riu, from Vulgar Latin *rius, from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós (from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós).

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