fleuve
French
Etymology
From Middle French fleuve, from late Old French flueve (12th cent.), a dissimilated form of fluive, fluie, a reborrowing of Latin fluvius (“stream”). Confluence with Old French fluet, flot (“river, flood”), from Frankish *flōd as well as Old Norse flóð cannot be ruled out.[1][2][3] See flot. Replaced native Old French fluns, flum, from Latin flūmen (compare Occitan flume, Romansch flüm, Italian fiume).
Pronunciation
Noun
fleuve m (plural fleuves)
- A river (one that flows into an ocean or sea. A river that flows into another river is called a rivière).
- L’Amazone est un fleuve d’Amérique du Sud.
- The Amazon is a river located in South America.
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References
Further reading
- “fleuve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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