adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈfluːvi.əl/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to or happening in a river
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
fluvial deposits
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fluviālis, from fluvius (“a stream”) + -ālis, from the root of fluere (“to flow”).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
نَهْرِيّ
(nahriyy)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Belarusian:
рачны́
(račný)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Belarusian:
рэ́чны
(réčny)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Bulgarian:
ре́чен
(réčen)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Chinese Mandarin:
河流的
(héliú de)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Czech:
říční
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Danish:
flod-
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
French:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Galician:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
German:
Fluss-
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
German:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Greek:
ποτάμιος
(potámios)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Hungarian:
folyami
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Hungarian:
folyó-
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Irish:
abhann
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Irish:
dobhar-
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Irish:
srutha
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Irish:
aibhneach
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Italian:
fluviale
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Latin:
fluviālis
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Lithuanian:
upinis
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Macedonian:
речен
(rečen)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Norwegian Bokmål:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Polish:
rzeczny
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Portuguese:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Romanian:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Russian:
речно́й
(rečnój)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Serbo-Croatian:
ре̑чнӣ
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Serbo-Croatian:
рије̑чнӣ
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Serbo-Croatian:
rȇčnī
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Serbo-Croatian:
rijȇčnī
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Slovak:
riečny
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Slovene:
rečen
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Spanish:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Swedish:
fluvial
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Swedish:
älv-
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Swedish:
flod-
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Ukrainian:
річни́й
(ričnýj)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream
Ukrainian:
річкови́й
(ričkovýj)
— of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream