The French word for river is
rivière

Gender
The gender of rivière is feminine. E.g. la rivière.Plural
The plural of rivière is rivières.French Definition
river | |
1. n. Fleuve. | |
2. n. Rivière. |
Translations for river and their definitions
fleuve | ![]() | ||
1. n-m. a river that flows into an ocean or sea (a river that flows into another river or body of water is called a rivière) | |||
L’Amazone est un fleuve d'Amérique du Sud. - The Amazon is a river located in South America. | |||
Le fleuve Churchill au Labrador se jette dans l'Atlantique, alors que la rivière Churchill au Manitoba se jette dans la baie d'Hudson. - The Churchill River in Labrador flows into the Atlantic | |||
2. n-m. (figurative) a continuous and unstoppable stream of people, things, or words | |||
Ce qui devait être une brève question est rapidement devenue un discours-fleuve. - What was supposed to be a brief question quickly became a long-winded speech. | |||
3. n-m. (mythology, art) a river god, or the allegorical artistic representation of a river as an old, bearded man lying on reeds and holding or leaning on an urn from which the river's water flows |
rivière | ![]() | ||
1. n-f. a river (one that flows into a river, lake, bay, etc., but not into an ocean or sea) |
torrent | ![]() | ||
1. n-m. a torrent |
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