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From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Doublet of rheum. Cognate with Scots strem, streme, streym (“stream, river”), North Frisian Stroom, struum (“stream”), West Frisian stream (“stream”), Low German Stroom (“stream”), Dutch stroom (“current, flow, stream”), German Strom (“current, stream”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål strøm (“current, stream, flow”), Norwegian Nynorsk straum (“current, stream, flow”), Swedish ström (“current, stream, flow”), Faroese streymur (“stream”), Icelandic straumur (“current, stream, torrent, flood”), Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”), Lithuanian srovė (“current, stream”) Polish strumień (“stream”), Welsh ffrwd (“stream, current”), Scottish Gaelic sruth (“stream”).

356 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: stroom — small river
• Albanian: lise — small river
• Albanian: lyse (gheg) — small river
• Albanian: përrua — small river
• Albanian: rrymë — small river
• Albanian: rrua — small river
• Albanian: lumth — small river
• Chungli Ao: ayong — small river
• Arabic: جَدْوَل (jadwal) — small river
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܪܕܐ (yardā') — small river
• Armenian: գետակ (getak) — small river
• Asturian: regueru — small river
• Asturian: regatu — small river
• Atayal: gong — small river
• Belarusian: пато́к (patók) — small river
• Belarusian: руча́й (ručáj) — small river
• Belarusian: рэ́чка (réčka) — small river
• Bengali: ছড়া (choṛa) — small river
• Bulgarian: пото́к (potók) — small river
• Buryat: горхон (gorxon) — small river
• Catalan: corrent — small river
• Catalan: rierol — small river
• Chechen: татол (tatol) — small river
• Chinese Mandarin: 溪 (xī) — small river
• Chinese Mandarin: 小溪 (xiǎoxī) — small river
• Chinese Mandarin: 溪流 (xīliú) — small river
• Czech: potok — small river
• Danish: å — small river
• Danish: strøm — small river
• Danish: bæk — small river
• Dutch: stroom — small river
• Dzongkha: གཙང་ཆུ (gtsang chu) — small river
• Elfdalian: bekk — small river
• Esperanto: rivereto — small river
• Estonian: oja — small river
• Faroese: løkur — small river
• Finnish: puro — small river
• Finnish: oja — small river
• Finnish: noro — small river
• French: ruisseau — small river
• French: ru — small river
• French: rupt — small river
• North Frisian: struum — small river
• Saterland Frisian: Drift — small river
• Friulian: riul — small river
• Galician: rego — small river
• Galician: regato — small river
• Galician: dioivo — small river
• Galician: bioca — small river
• Galician: bullón — small river
• Georgian: მდინარე (mdinare) — small river
• Georgian: რუ (ru) — small river
• Georgian: ნაკადული (naḳaduli) — small river
• German: Bach — small river
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 (rinnō) — small river
• Greek: ρυάκι (ryáki) — small river
• Ancient Greek: ῥύαξ (rhúax) — small river
• Ancient Greek: νᾶμα (nâma) — small river
• Greenlandic: kuunnguaq — small river
• Hebrew: יוּבַל (yuvál) — small river
• Hebrew: פֶּלֶג (péleg) — small river
• Hebrew: נַחַל (nákhal) — small river
• Hindi: नदी (nadī) — small river
• Hindi: रूद (rūd) — small river
• Hindi: धारा (dhārā) — small river
• Hungarian: patak — small river
• Icelandic: lækur — small river
• Igbo: iyi — small river
• Indonesian: anak sungai — small river
• Irish: sruthán — small river
• Irish: sruth — small river
• Italian: corrente — small river
• Italian: ruscello — small river
• Italian: rivo — small river
• Japanese: 小川 (ogawa) — small river
• Japanese: 流れ (nagare) — small river
• Javanese: kalèn — small river
• Khamnigan Mongol: гориху (gorixu) — small river
• Khamnigan Mongol: горихо (gorixo) — small river
• Khmer: អូរ (ʼou) — small river
• Khmer: ស្ទឹង (stɨng) — small river
• Korean: 시내 (sinae) — small river
• Korean: 개울 (gae'ul) — small river
• Latgalian: ryucs — small river
• Latgalian: ryuceits — small river
• Latin: rīvus — small river
• Latin: amnis — small river
• Latvian: strauts — small river
• Lithuanian: upelis — small river
• Lithuanian: upokšnis — small river
• Lithuanian: srovė — small river
• Luxembourgish: Baach — small river
• Macedonian: по́ток (pótok) — small river
• Malay: sungai kecil — small river
• Malayalam: അരുവി (aruvi) — small river
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᡵᡤᠠᠨ (birgan) — small river
• Manx: stroo — small river
• Mapudungun: manguiñ — small river
• Mòcheno: pòch — small river
• Mongolian: горхи (gorxi) — small river
• Mongolian: ᠭᠣᠷᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ (ɣoroq-a) — small river
• Muong: hỏl — small river
• Classical Nahuatl: ātōyātōntli — small river
• Classical Nahuatl: ātōyāpitzactli — small river
• Nanai: оникан (onikan) — small river
• Navajo: tó nilį́į́h — small river
• Ndonga: omulonga class 3 — small river
• Norn: å — small river
• Norn: vå — small river
• Norwegian Bokmål: å — small river
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekk — small river
• Norwegian Nynorsk: å — small river
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk — small river
• Nuosu: ꒈꌺ (yyx sse) — small river
• Occitan: riusset — small river
• Occitan: rivet — small river
• Ojibwe: ziibiins — small river
• Old English: strēam — small river
• Old Saxon: flōd — small river
• Old Saxon: strōm — small river
• Iranian Persian: رود (rud) — small river
• Plautdietsch: Bach (nds) — small river
• Polish: strumień — small river
• Polish: potok — small river
• Polish: rzeczka — small river
• Polish: ciek — small river
• Portuguese: riacho — small river
• Portuguese: correnteza — small river
• Romanian: pârâu — small river
• Romanian: torent — small river
• Romanian: șuvoi — small river
• Romanian: curent — small river
• Romansh: aual — small river
• Romansh: dutg — small river
• Russian: руче́й (ručéj) — small river
• Russian: ре́чка (réčka) — small river
• Russian: пото́к (potók) — small river
• Russian: речу́шка (rečúška) — small river
• Northern Sami: johka — small river
• Northern Sami: jogaš — small river
• Sanskrit: प्रवाह (pravāha) — small river
• Scottish Gaelic: sruth — small river
• Serbo-Croatian: поток — small river
• Serbo-Croatian: potok — small river
• Sinhalese: දොළ (doḷa) — small river
• Slovak: potok — small river
• Slovene: potok — small river
• Slovene: rečica — small river
• Spanish: corriente — small river
• Spanish: flujo — small river
• Spanish: arroyo — small river
• Sundanese: susukan — small river
• Swahili: kijito — small river
• Swedish: ström — small river
• Swedish: flod — small river
• Swedish: bäck — small river
• Swedish: å — small river
• Swedish: flöde — small river
• Tagalog: sapa — small river
• Taos: pʼȍʼóna — small river
• Tarifit: iɣzar — small river
• Tày: khuổi — small river
• Telugu: వాగు (vāgu) — small river
• Telugu: ఉపనది (upanadi) — small river
• Thai: ลําธาร (lam taan) — small river
• Tok Pisin: wara — small river
• Tok Pisin: hanwara — small river
• Tumbuka: mronga — small river
• Turkish: çay — small river
• Turkish: dere — small river
• Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎁𐎍𐎚 (yblt) — small river
• Ukrainian: струмо́к (strumók) — small river
• Ukrainian: рі́чка (ríčka) — small river
• Ukrainian: поті́к (potík) — small river
• Urdu: نَدی (nadī) — small river
• Urdu: رُود (rūd) — small river
• Urdu: دھارا (dhārā) — small river
• Venetan: riu — small river
• Venetan: ric — small river
• Vietnamese: suối — small river
• Welsh: nant — small river
• Welsh: ffrwd — small river
• Yiddish: שטראָם (shtrom) — small river
• Zhuang: rij — small river
• Afrikaans: stroom — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Bulgarian: стру́я (strúja) — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Finnish: noro — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• French: filet — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Irish: sruth — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Irish: sruthán — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Italian: flusso — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Macedonian: стру́ја (strúja) — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Romanian: șiroi — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Russian: струя́ (strujá) — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Slovene: curek — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Spanish: chorro — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Spanish: surtidor — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Spanish: surtidero — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Spanish: cachón — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Telugu: ధార (dhāra) — thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
• Afrikaans: stroom — any steady flow or succession of material
• Arabic: تَيَّار (tayyār) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Armenian: հոսանք (hosankʻ) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Asturian: fluxu — any steady flow or succession of material
• Azerbaijani: axın — any steady flow or succession of material
• Azerbaijani: cərəyan — any steady flow or succession of material
• Belarusian: пато́к (patók) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Belarusian: струме́нь (strumjénʹ) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Bengali: স্রোত (srōt) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Bulgarian: пото́к (potók) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Catalan: flux — any steady flow or succession of material
• Chinese Mandarin: 流 (liú) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Czech: proud — any steady flow or succession of material
• Czech: tok — any steady flow or succession of material
• Danish: strøm — any steady flow or succession of material
• Dutch: stroom — any steady flow or succession of material
• Esperanto: alfluo — any steady flow or succession of material
• Finnish: virta — any steady flow or succession of material
• French: flot — any steady flow or succession of material
• French: courant — any steady flow or succession of material
• French: torrent — any steady flow or succession of material
• Galician: corrente — any steady flow or succession of material
• Galician: fluxo — any steady flow or succession of material
• Georgian: დინება (dineba) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Georgian: ნაკადი (naḳadi) — any steady flow or succession of material
• German: Strom — any steady flow or succession of material
• Greek: ροή (roḯ) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Hebrew: זֶרֶם (zérem) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Hindi: धारा (dhārā) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Hindi: बहे (bahe) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Hindi: प्रवाह (pravāh) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Icelandic: straumur — any steady flow or succession of material
• Irish: sruth — any steady flow or succession of material
• Italian: flusso — any steady flow or succession of material
• Japanese: 流れ (nagare) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Kazakh: ағым (ağym) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Khmer: ស្រោតា (sraodaa) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Korean: 흐름 (heureum) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Kyrgyz: агым (agım) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Lao: ກະແສ (ka sǣ) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Lithuanian: srautas — any steady flow or succession of material
• Low German: Stroom — any steady flow or succession of material
• Macedonian: по́ток (pótok) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Mongolian: урсгал (ursgal) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Norwegian Bokmål: strøm — any steady flow or succession of material
• Old English: strēam — any steady flow or succession of material
• Dari: جَرَیَان (jarayān) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Iranian Persian: جَرِیان (jariyân) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Portuguese: fluxo — any steady flow or succession of material
• Romanian: flux — any steady flow or succession of material
• Romanian: șuvoi — any steady flow or succession of material
• Russian: пото́к (potók) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Russian: струя́ (strujá) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Sanskrit: रेतस् (retas) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Spanish: flujo — any steady flow or succession of material
• Spanish: retahíla — any steady flow or succession of material
• Swedish: flöde — any steady flow or succession of material
• Swedish: ström — any steady flow or succession of material
• Tagalog: agos — any steady flow or succession of material
• Tagalog: daloy — any steady flow or succession of material
• Tajik: ҷараён (jarayon) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Tatar: агым (ağım) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Telugu: ధార (dhāra) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Thai: กระแส (grà-sɛ̌ɛ) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Turkish: akım — any steady flow or succession of material
• Turkish: akıntı — any steady flow or succession of material
• Turkmen: akym — any steady flow or succession of material
• Ukrainian: струм (strum) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Ukrainian: поті́к (potík) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Ukrainian: стру́мінь (strúminʹ) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Urdu: دھارا (dhārā) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Uyghur: ئېقىن (ëqin) — any steady flow or succession of material
• Uzbek: oqim — any steady flow or succession of material
• Yao (Africa): lusulo class 11 — any steady flow or succession of material
• Afrikaans: stroom — sciences: moving water
• Asturian: corriente — sciences: moving water
• Bulgarian: пото́к (potók) — sciences: moving water
• Esperanto: fluo — sciences: moving water
• Finnish: virta — sciences: moving water
• French: cours d'eau — sciences: moving water
• French: courant — sciences: moving water
• French: dérive — sciences: moving water
• Galician: corrente — sciences: moving water
• Macedonian: по́ток (pótok) — sciences: moving water
• Portuguese: corrente de água — sciences: moving water
• Romanian: curs de apă — sciences: moving water
• Russian: пото́к (potók) — sciences: moving water
• Slovene: vodotok — sciences: moving water
• Spanish: corriente — sciences: moving water
• Tagalog: agos — sciences: moving water
• Tagalog: daloy — sciences: moving water
• Turkish: akarsu — sciences: moving water
• Afrikaans: stroom — computing: source or repository of data
• Asturian: fluxu — computing: source or repository of data
• Finnish: jono — computing: source or repository of data
• French: flux — computing: source or repository of data
• German: Datenstrom — computing: source or repository of data
• Japanese: ストリーム (sutorīmu) — computing: source or repository of data
• Korean: 스트림 (seuteurim) — computing: source or repository of data
• Malay: strim — computing: source or repository of data
• Marathi: स्ट्रीम (sṭrīm) — computing: source or repository of data
• Polish: strumień — computing: source or repository of data
• Portuguese: stream — computing: source or repository of data
• Romanian: lanț — computing: source or repository of data
• Romanian: flux — computing: source or repository of data
• Russian: пото́к (potók) — computing: source or repository of data
• Russian: стрим (strim) — computing: source or repository of data
• Spanish: flujo — computing: source or repository of data
• Turkish: akım — computing: source or repository of data
• Turkish: stream — computing: source or repository of data
• Turkish: veri akımı — computing: source or repository of data
• Finnish: taso — education: division of a school year
• French: groupe de niveau — education: division of a school year
• Italian: semestre — education: division of a school year
• Malay: aliran — education: division of a school year
• Russian: пото́к (potók) — education: division of a school year
• Afrikaans: stroom — to flow
• Albanian: rrjedh — to flow
• Arabic: تَدَفّقَ (tadaffaqa) — to flow
• Bulgarian: тека (teka) — to flow
• Bulgarian: лея се (leja se) — to flow
• Chinese Mandarin: 涌出 湧出 /涌出 (yǒngchū) — to flow
• Finnish: virrata — to flow
• French: couler — to flow
• French: s'écouler — to flow
• Galician: correr — to flow
• Galician: fluír — to flow
• German: strömen — to flow
• Hungarian: patakzik — to flow
• Ingrian: vallua — to flow
• Ingrian: virrata — to flow
• Mongolian: гоожих (goožix) — to flow
• Portuguese: correr — to flow
• Russian: течь (tečʹ) — to flow
• Sanskrit: स्रवति (sravati) — to flow
• Spanish: fluir — to flow
• Ternate: uhi — to flow
• Turkish: gürül gürül akmak — to flow
• Yiddish: שטראָמען (shtromen) — to flow
• Albanian: rrjedh — to extend
• Bulgarian: развявам се (razvjavam se) — to extend
• Finnish: liehua — to extend
• French: flotter — to extend
• Afrikaans: stroom — Internet: to push continuous data
• Dutch: streamen — Internet: to push continuous data
• Finnish: suoratoistaa — Internet: to push continuous data
• Finnish: suoralähettää — Internet: to push continuous data
• Finnish: striimata — Internet: to push continuous data
• French: diffuser — Internet: to push continuous data
• French: streamer — Internet: to push continuous data
• German: streamen — Internet: to push continuous data
• Italian: streammare — Internet: to push continuous data
• Malay: strim — Internet: to push continuous data
• Portuguese: fazer stream/streaming — Internet: to push continuous data
• Swedish: streama — Internet: to push continuous data
• Swedish: strömma — Internet: to push continuous data