Trois-Rivières
French
[tʁwɑ ʁi.vjɛːʁ], [tʁwɔ ʁi.vjaɛ̯ʁ]
proper noun
Definitions
- Trois-Rivières
- (informal) Three Rivers
Etymology
Compound from French m (three) + French fr (coffee, in, rivers, sugar, dreams, window)+ French trois (three)+ French m (three)+ French fr (coffee, in, rivers, sugar, dreams, window)+ French rivière (river)+ French rivières.
Origin
French
rivières
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Trois-Rivières English
- rivière English
- three English
- drei German
- attrape-rêves French
- caquenlit French
- chasse-café French
- croquembouche French
- fr French
- lèche-vitrine French
- m French
- pomme frite French
- pomme purée French
- pousse-café French
- riverain French
- rivière French
- rivières French
- trois French
- troisième French
- umpiste French
- trois Old French
- riviere Middle French
- rivyè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- twa Haitian, Haitian Creole
- larivyer Mauritian Creole
- trwa Mauritian Creole
- trò Louisiana Creole French
- larivyer Seychellois Creole
- trwa Seychellois Creole