name
Meaning 1
A surname from Spanish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
arroyo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /əˈɹɔɪ.əʊ/
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General-American: /əˈɹɔɪ.oʊ/
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CMU ARPABET: ER0 OY1 OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: wadi, nahal, wash, dry wash (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wadi, nahal, wash, dry wash[regiolect
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a stream or brook
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gully
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish arroyo.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: cadereau — creek which only seasonally flows
- Georgian: შრობადი კალაპოტის რუ (šrobadi ḳalaṗoṭis ru) — creek which only seasonally flows
- Georgian: შრობადი კალაპოტის ნაკადული (šrobadi ḳalaṗoṭis naḳaduli) — creek which only seasonally flows
- Georgian: სეზონურად მდინარე რუ (sezonurad mdinare ru) — creek which only seasonally flows
- Georgian: სეზონურად მდინარე ნაკადული (sezonurad mdinare naḳaduli) — creek which only seasonally flows
- German: Rivier — creek which only seasonally flows
- Panamint: okkwaitaippüh — creek which only seasonally flows
- Panamint: hunuppin — creek which only seasonally flows
- Spanish: arroyo — creek which only seasonally flows
- Welsh: sychnant — creek which only seasonally flows
- Navajo: bikooh — any water course
- Portuguese: arroio — any water course
- Spanish: arroyo — any water course
- Tamil: ஆறு (āṟu) — any water course
- Taos: hə̏olune — any water course
Real reading context