"rivulet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɪv.jə.lət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rivulet.wav Forms: rivulets [plural]
Etymology: From Old French riveret (“little stream”) or from Italian rivoletto, from Italian rivo, from Latin rivus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|riveret|t=little stream}} Old French riveret (“little stream”), {{der|en|it|rivoletto}} Italian rivoletto, {{der|en|la|rivus}} Latin rivus Head templates: {{en-noun}} rivulet (plural rivulets)
  1. A small brook or stream; a streamlet; a gill. Synonyms (small brook or stream): rill Translations (small brook): գետակ (getak) (Armenian), поток (potok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ручей (ručej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rierol [masculine] (Catalan), 小河 (xiǎohé) (Chinese Mandarin), 涓流 (juānliú) (Chinese Mandarin), 溪流 (xīliú) (Chinese Mandarin), potůček [masculine] (Czech), říčka [feminine] (Czech), stroompje [neuter] (Dutch), beekje [neuter] (Dutch), rojo (Esperanto), noro (Finnish), ruisselet [masculine] (French), ru [masculine] (French), rivelet [masculine] (French), arroio [masculine] (Galician), regato [masculine] (Galician), regueiro [masculine] (Galician), Flüsschen [neuter] (German), Bächlein [neuter] (German), ποταμάκι (potamáki) [neuter] (Greek), kuunnguaq (Greenlandic), patak (Hungarian), rivereto (Ido), kuugaatchiaq (Inupiaq), glaise [feminine] (Irish), glas [feminine] (Irish), silteán [masculine] (Irish), srúill [feminine] (Irish), sruthlán [masculine] (Irish), rigagnolo [masculine] (Italian), 小川 (ogawa) (alt: おがわ) (Japanese), 細流 (sairyū) (alt: さいりゅう) (Japanese), manga (Maori), robar [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), ro [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), rivolet [masculine] (Occitan), riusset [masculine] (Occitan), چای (çay) (Ottoman Turkish), دره (dere) (Ottoman Turkish), rzeczka [feminine] (Polish), strumyk [masculine] (Polish), riachinho [masculine] (Portuguese), ручеёк (ručejók) [masculine] (Russian), речу́шка (rečúška) [feminine] (Russian), руче́й (ručéj) [masculine] (Russian), riachuelo [masculine] (Spanish), å (Swedish), ström [common-gender] (Swedish), ilug-ilugan (Tagalog), pasalangi (Tagalog), sapa (Tagalog), saog (Tagalog), çay (Turkish), cornant [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), afonig [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-rivulet-en-noun-MobYiOMH Disambiguation of 'small brook or stream': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'small brook': 91 9
  2. Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth. Categories (topical): Liquids Categories (place): Bodies of water, Landforms Categories (lifeform): Geometrid moths
    Sense id: en-rivulet-en-noun-dFAF3tXj Disambiguation of Liquids: 33 67 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 26 74 Disambiguation of Landforms: 23 77 Disambiguation of Geometrid moths: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Inupiaq translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Greenlandic translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Inupiaq translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Blomer's rivulet Related terms: rival

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Yes Madam I think you will like them—when you shall see in a beautiful Quarto Page how a neat rivulet of Text shall meander thro' a meadow of margin—'fore Gad, they will be the most elegant Things of their kind—",
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      "word": "srúill"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "sruthlán"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "small brook",
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      "word": "rigagnolo"
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      "roman": "ogawa",
      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "小川"
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "細流"
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      "sense": "small brook",
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "manga"
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      "sense": "small brook",
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      "word": "rivolet"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "small brook",
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      "word": "riusset"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "چای"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "دره"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rzeczka"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "strumyk"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "riachinho"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "small brook",
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      "word": "ручеёк"
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      "sense": "small brook",
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      "word": "речу́шка"
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      "sense": "small brook",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "å"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "small brook",
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      "word": "ström"
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "ilug-ilugan"
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "pasalangi"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "sapa"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "saog"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small brook",
      "word": "çay"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small brook",
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      "word": "cornant"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small brook",
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      "word": "afonig"
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