Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Derived terms
    • 1.3.2 Translations
    • 1.3.3 See also
  • 1.4 Verb
• 2 Danish
  • 2.1 Noun
  • 2.2 Verb
• 3 French
  • 3.1 Pronunciation
  • 3.2 Verb
    • 3.2.1 Related terms
    • 3.2.2 Conjugation
• 4 Swedish
  • 4.1 Verb

English

Etymology

From Old French rivière < Vulgar Latin *riparia (“‘riverbank, seashore, river’”) < Latin riparius (“‘of a riverbank’”) < riparia (“‘shore’”) < ripa (“‘river bank’”) < Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“‘to scratch, tear, cut’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɹɪvə/, SAMPA: /"rIv@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈɹɪvɚ/, SAMPA: /"rIv@`/
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• Rhymes: -ɪvə(r)
• Hyphenation: riv‧er

Noun

river (plural rivers)

1. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea. Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.

2. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body (e.g., 'a river of blood').
3. (poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

Derived terms

• Look at pages starting with river.

See also

• Category:Rivers - a list of rivers in Wiktionary

Verb

to river (third-person singular simple present rivers, present participle rivering, simple past and past participle rivered)

1. (poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

   Johnny rivered me by drawing that Ace of spades

Danish

Noun

river c.

1. Plural indefinite of rive.

Verb

river

1. Present of rive.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁi.ve/, SAMPA: /Ri.ve/

Verb

river

1. to drive/set a rivet

Related terms

• rive

Conjugation

Swedish

Verb

river

1. present tense of riva

See Also:

• River

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