fluvial

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fluvial

  • /ˈfluːvi.əl/

Where it comes from

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

adjective

  1. 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.

    Similar: fluviatile, riverine

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

Españolfluvial
中文河流的 héliú de
Portuguêsfluvial
Françaisfluvial
DeutschFluss-, fluvial
Italianofluviale
Ελληνικάποτάμιος potámios
Românăfluvial
Русскийречно́й rečnój
العربيةنَهْرِيّ nahriyy

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"fluvial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fluvial. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fluvial. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fluvial

Chicago

"fluvial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fluvial.

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@misc{fluvial_2026,
  title = {fluvial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fluvial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}