rio

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) brook; stream; streamlet
2. (masculine) a stretch of urban canal

Adj

1. captive; hostile
2. (obsolete) guilty
3. (obsolete) wicked

Concepts

brook

river

creek

rill

stream

streamlet

Synonyms

ruscello

rivo

rigagnolo

torrente

corso d'acqua

Translations

ruisseau

beek

arroyo

riacho

Bach

Flüsschen

Bächlein

rierol

baie

ποταμάκι

crique

ruisselet

ρυάκι

Hyphenated as

rì‧o

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈri.o/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“a small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move or set in motion”) and *-wós. Doublet of rivo.