river

English

A river

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman rivere, from Old French riviere, from Vulgar Latin *riparia (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from Latin riparius (“of a riverbank”), from riparia (“shore”), from ripa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“to scratch, tear, cut”).

Pronunciation

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

terms derived from "river"

Translations

large stream which drains a landmass
any large flow of a liquid
poker: last card dealt
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Verb

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

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Danish

Noun

river c

  1. plural indefinite of rive

Verb

river

  1. present of rive
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French

Pronunciation

Verb

river

  1. to drive/set a rivet

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Conjugation

   Conjugation of river (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive river avoir rivé
gerund en rivant en ayant rivé
present participle rivant
past participle rivé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present rive rives rive rivons rivez rivent
imperfect rivais rivais rivait rivions riviez rivaient
past historic1 rivai rivas riva rivâmes rivâtes rivèrent
future riverai riveras rivera riverons riverez riveront
conditional riverais riverais riverait riverions riveriez riveraient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present rive rives rive rivions riviez rivent
imperfect1 rivasse rivasses rivât rivassions rivassiez rivassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— rive — rivons rivez —
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

rīver

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of rīvō
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Swedish

Verb

river

  1. present tense of riva.
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