fluvial
/ˈfluːvi.əl/
fluvial adjective: of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
Adjective
fluvial (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
- ...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.2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 45
- Synonyms:
- fluviatile, riverine
fluvial meaning in Kannada and Arabic
fluvial in Kannada
- ಹೊಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ಹೊಳೆಯಿಂದಾದ
fluvial in Arabic
- of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
- نَهْرِيّ nahriyy
Synonyms of fluvial
Origin of fluvial
Borrowed from Latin fluviālis, from fluvius (“a stream”) + -ālis, from the root of fluere (“to flow”).
Words formed from fluvial
Phrases with fluvial
Questions about fluvial
- What does fluvial mean?
- Fluvial means of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
- What is fluvial in Kannada?
- Fluvial in Kannada is ಹೊಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ಹೊಳೆಯಿಂದಾದ. See Fluvial meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is fluvial?
- Fluvial is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fluvial?
- Fluvial is pronounced /ˈfluːvi.əl/.
Words near fluvial in the dictionary
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