rivière
Americannoun
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rivières
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of rivière
1875–80; < French: literally, river 1
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Yes, you can put me on a rivière, and two of the biggest ropes of pearls....
From In Brief Authority by F. Anstey
But among these presents were two which puzzled me greatly—they came anonymously—a rivière of splendid diamonds for Dolores, a splendid motor car for me.
From A Queen's Error by Henry Curties
Against one of these sketches are written the words "Embouchure de la rivière comme M. de la Salle la marque dans sa carte."
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Francis Parkman
Batturier does not appear in the dictionaries, and was doubtless coined by Champlain himself, as he makes, farther on, the adjective truitière, in the expression la rivière truitière, from the noun, truite.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
Like Petit Trianon, Petit Val has little lakes with shady trees bordering them; it has grottos, waterfalls, winding paths, magnificent greenhouses, fountains, a rivière, pavilions, aviaries, terraces, charmilles, berceaux, enfin tout!
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
The French are better off than we; they have the word "fleuve" for the St. Lawrence;—other streams are "rivières."
From A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 by George McKinnon Wrong
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