"brooklet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brooklets [plural]
Etymology: From brook + -let. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brook|let}} brook + -let Head templates: {{en-noun}} brooklet (plural brooklets)
  1. A little brook. Categories (topical): Water Categories (place): Landforms Translations (a little brook): potůček [masculine] (Czech), ruisselet [masculine] (French), Bächlein [neuter] (German), csermely (Hungarian), ér (Hungarian), patakocska (Hungarian), ручеёк (ručejók) [masculine] (Russian), струмо́чок (strumóčok) (Ukrainian), blukil [diminutive] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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