rivière

== English == === Alternative forms === riviere === Etymology === Borrowed from French rivière. Doublet of river and riviera. === Noun === rivière (plural rivières) A necklace of diamonds or other precious stones, especially one of several strings. For quotations using this term, see Citations:riviere. == French == === Etymology === From Middle French riviere, from Old French riviere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁi.vjɛʁ/ === Noun === rivière f (plural rivières) a river (a large, winding stream that flows into a lake, bay, larger river, etc., but not into an ocean or sea) ==== Usage notes ==== A river that flows into an ocean or sea is called a fleuve. ==== Derived terms ==== les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières perche de rivière porter de l'eau à la rivière Trois-Rivières ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: rivyè ⇒ Mauritian Creole: larivier → English: rivière ==== See also ==== fleuve ru ruisseau === References === “rivière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012