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Synonyms for rivulet

Grammar : Noun
Spell : riv-yuh-lit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪv yə lɪt

Définition of rivulet

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, itself a diminutive of rivo "brook," from Latin rivus "stream, brook," from PIE *reiwos, literally "that which flows," from root *reie- "to flow, run" (see Rhine).
  • noun small river
Example sentences :
  • On seeing the rivulet, he hesitated for a moment, and then followed its course.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Then they took their way under the trees, alongside the little Longchamp rivulet.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • But near the rivulet yonder stands a fox sniffing the morning air.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • "Presumptuous that I am," said he to the rivulet, to contradict himself the next moment.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The tall plumes of the canes, new-born, by the side of every stream and rivulet.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • A little further, and the bed of the rivulet ended in the same fashion.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • It flows into a small pool, and is then lost, being too small to form a rivulet.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
  • Presently they came to a shelf of rock which overlooked the valley of the rivulet.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
  • It was far away in the northern wilderness, east of the Mississippi, which majestic stream had there dwindled into a rivulet.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Every creek was a rushing river and every rivulet a raging torrent.
  • Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker

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