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

  • IPA(key): /flœv/
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Noun

fleuve m (plural fleuves)

  1. 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Meyer-Lübke, Historische Grammatik der französischen Sprache, 41.
  2. ↑ Berger, Die Lehnwörter in der französischen Sprache ältester Zeit, 139
  3. ↑ Gröber, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, Vol. 82

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