river

Significado (Inglês)

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.

stream

creek

large river

shallow water

small river

clean water

Big River

water source

any flowing stream

flowing stream

great river

mountain-torrent

Freqüência

Hifenizado como

riv‧er

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɹɪvə/

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.

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