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The French word for stream is
ruisseau





stream

Gender

The gender of ruisseau is masculine. E.g. le ruisseau.

Plural

The plural of ruisseau is ruisseaux.

French Definition


stream
     1. n. Ruisseau.
     2. n. Courant.
     3. v. Couler.
     4. v. pleuvoir à verse.



Translations for stream and their definitions

ruisseau
     1. n-m. stream, brook, creek


flot
     1. n-m. (in the literary) waves
     2. n-m. stream, flood (large amount)
           J'ai reçu un flot de lettres. - I received a flood of letters.
     3. n-m. incoming tide (of the sea); floodtide


courant
     1. Participle. present participle of courir
     2. n-m. current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
           courant électrique - electric current
     3. adj. current, present
     4. adj. (language skills) fluent
     5. adj. common


torrent ©
     1. n-m. a torrent


ruisseler
     1. v. to stream, drip, pour


cours d'eau
     1. n-m. (geography) watercourse, waterway, stream, run
           (holo, eau de surface)
           (mero, berge, bras, cascade, chute d'eau, confluent, embouchure, gué, lit, rapides, source)


filet
     1. n-m. trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke)
     2. n-m. fillet, filet (of meat)
     3. n-m. (anatomy) frenulum, frenum
     4. n-m. (typography) rule
     5. n-m. (architecture) fillet, listel
     6. n-m. (fishing, sports) net
     7. n-m. (used for carrying groceries) net


flotter
     1. v. to float
     2. v. to flutter, to wave
     3. v. (informal) to mill about


flux
     1. n-m. flow
     2. n-m. flood, flood tide
     3. n-m. (figurative) flood (an abundance of something)


diffuser
     1. v. to diffuse
     2. v. to broadcast



s'écouler
     1. to stream
     2. to elapse


dérive ©
     1. n-f. drift
           à la dérive - adrift
     2. n-f. (nautical) centreboard
     3. n-f. dérive (revolutionary strategy)
     4. v. first-person singular present of dériver
     5. v. third-person singular present of dériver
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of dériver


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