Image:Calonne (Les Bréards).JPG|thumb|right|A river.
English

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Etymology
From OF. rivière < VL. *riparia (riverbank, seashore, river) < L. riparius (of a riverbank) < riparia (shore) < ripa (river bank) < PIE. base *rei- (to scratch, tear, cut).

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�ɹɪv�/, SAMPA|/"rIv@/
(General American|US) IPA|/�ɹɪv�/, SAMPA|/"rIv@`/
audio|en-us-river.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪv�(r)|-ɪv�(r)
Hyphenation: riv·er

Noun
en-noun

1. A large stream of water that alters the nearby landscape. Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
2. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body (e.g., 'a river of blood').
3. poker The last card received by a player in poker

Translations
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Ainu: ��#Ainu|��, ��#Ainu|�<small>�</small> (pet)
Albanian: lumë f
Arabic: ARchar|��ر|����ر� (nahr) m, ARchar|ا��ار|أ����ار IPAchar|(�anhá�r) p, ARchar|ا��ر|أ����ر IPAchar|(�ánhur) p
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܢ�ܪ� (nahr�, nahro) m
:Hebrew: נ�ר� (nahr�, nahro) m
Basque: ibai
Blackfoot: niitahtaa
Bosnian: rijeka f
Breton: stêr f, stêrioù p
Bulgarian: �ека (reka) f
Catalan: riu m
Cebuano: sapa'
Chinese:
:Mandarin: 河 (hé), 河� (hé liú); � (ji�ng)
:Cantonese: 河 (ho4), 河� (ho4 lau4); � (gong1)
Cree: sipiy
Croatian: rijeka f
Czech: �eka f
Danish: flod c
Dutch: rivier m, stroom m
Dyirbal
:(Jirribal dialect): yuramu (class II)
Esperanto: rivero
Estonian: jõgi#Estonian|jõgi
Ewe: t�sisi n
Finnish: joki, virta
French: rivière f, fleuve m
German: Fluss m, Flüsse p (1); Strom m, Ströme p (1,2)
Greek: �ο�αμ�� (potamós) m
Guaraní: ysyry
Hebrew: נ�ר (nahár) m
Hindi: नद� (nadī)
Hungarian: folyó
Ilocano: karayan
Interlingua: fluvio, riviera
Italian: fiume m
Japanese: � (��, kawá)
Korean: � (nae), � (水, su), � (�, gang)
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Kurdish: çem, ro, robar, KUchar|��بار
Kyrgyz: да�и� (dariya)
Lakota: wakpa
Latin: flumen n, fluvius m
Latvian: upe f
Lithuanian: up� f
Malayalam: പ�ഴ (puzha)
Maltese: xmara f
Norwegian: elv, flod
Ojibwe: ziibi, ziibiwan p
Polish: rzeka f
Portuguese: rio m
Rohingya: hál
Romanian: râu n, fluviu n
Russian: �ека (reká) f, �еки (réki) p
Scottish Gaelic: abhainn f, IPA /av�n/
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ека f
:Roman: reka f
Sicilian: ciumi m
Slovak: rieka#Slovak|rieka f (1); prúd#Slovak|prúdy m/pl (2)
Slovene: reka f
Spanish: río m
Surigaonon: suba'
Swahili: mto sg, mito pl (noun 3/4)
Swedish: flod c (1,2), älv c (1)
Tagalog: ilog
Telugu: t|te|నది|sc=Telu(nadi)
Thai: THchar|�ม���ำ (mààe n��hm)
Tupinambá: 'y
Turkish: ırmak, nehir
Urdu: URchar|در�ا (dary�)
Ukrainian: ���ка (rí�ka) f
Vietnamese: hà, giang, sông
Waray: salog
Welsh: afon
Wolof: dex#Wolof|dex

Verb
en-verb

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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French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /�i.ve/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /Ri.ve/

Verb
river

1. to drive/set a rivet

Related terms
rive#French|rive

Conjugation
fr-conj-er|riv|avoir

Swedish

Verb
;river

1. present tense of riva

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