fluive

Old French

Alternative forms

• floeve, flueve, fluvie, fluie

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fluvius. Some forms implicate interference from Old Norse flóð (“tidal flood, estuarine river”). More at fleuve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflui̯.və/

Noun

fluive oblique singular, m (oblique plural fluives, nominative singular fluives, nominative plural fluive)

1. river; stream

Synonyms

• flum
• riviere

Descendants

• French: fleuve

References

• Etymology and history of “fleuve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.