fleuve
French
noun
Definitions
- A river (one that flows into an ocean or sea. A river that flows into another river is called a rivière (rivière)).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French fleuve inherited from Old French flueve derived from Latin fluvius (river, stream).
Origin
Latin
fluvius
Gloss
river, stream
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
河
Emoji
🐻
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fluvisol English
- fluminalis Latin
- fluvialis Latin
- fluvius Latin
- flūmen Latin
- Fiume Azzurro Italian
- fiumana Italian
- fiumano Italian
- fiume Italian
- fluminense Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰlew- Proto-Indo-European
- flo Norwegian Bokmål
- flod Norwegian Bokmål
- *flōduz Proto-Germanic
- flod Swedish
- flod Norwegian Nynorsk
- flóð Old Norse
- flot Old French
- flueve Old French
- flum Old French
- fluviu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fliot Norman
- fleuve Middle French
- flume Old Portuguese
- flem Romansh
- flum Romansh
- flüm Romansh
- flum Friulian
- *flota Frankish
- ciumi Sicilian
- floim Dalmatian
- floth Old Danish
- ciume Neapolitan
- fioûme Istriot
- flève Louisiana Creole French