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The French word for river is
rivière





river

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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