Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluvial

/ˈfluːvi.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: flu-vial
IPA: /ˈfluːvi.əl/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.

Example Sentences

"...that's where I remember the vertigo, surrendering to that vertigo when I came inside you, a liberating surrender, a total bravery, and may forces unknown to me decide, impulses, fluvial wills, cells, creatures, the fauna of the mystery, an orange dinosaur in a toy store."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluviālis, from fluvius (“a stream”) + -ālis, from the root of fluere (“to flow”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: fluviālis
Suffix: fluvius

Derived Forms

adfluvial fluvialist fluviality fluvially fluviatic glaciofluvial interfluvial orthofluvial paleofluvial parafluvial subfluvial transfluvial

Phrases

fluvial terrace

Frequently Paired Words

alluvial

Synonyms

fluviatile riverine

Rhymes With

alluvial pluvial

Questions

How do you pronounce fluvial?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfluːvi.əl/.
What does fluvial mean?: Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
Where does fluvial come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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