rivière
English
French
Etymology
From Middle French riviere, from Old French riviere, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“to scratch, tear, cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.vjɛʁ/
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Noun
rivière f (plural rivières)
Related terms
Further reading
- “rivière” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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