Noun: ruisseau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | ruisseau |
| Plural m | ruisseaux |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ruisseau
renouveau,
pocheteau,
berceau,
métamatériau,
ypréau,
ypreau,
chaudeau,
lanterneau,
lapineau,
bordeau,
lapereau,
bouleau,
paonneau,
bandeau,
barreau,
bardeau,
barbeau,
zoziau,
mâtineau,
colineau, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old French ruissel, from Vulgar Latin *rivuscellum (“brook, stream”), from Latin *rīvusculum (“creek, rivulet”) + -ellum (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from rīvus (“rivulet”) + -usculum (“-cule: forming diminutives”). Compare Italian ruscello. See: Latin Nouns '
*rīvusculum', Italian Nouns '
ruscello'.
Verbs referencing "ruisseau"
Italian Nouns
ruscello.
Translations