Standard Lemma guide

streamlet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small stream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small stream

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rivulet, rill, run, runnel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stream, watercourse

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English stream Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English streamlet From stream + -let.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ручей (ručej) — small stream
  • Bulgarian: поточе (potoče) — small stream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小溪 (xiǎoxī) — small stream
  • Esperanto: kanaleto — small stream
  • Finnish: puro — small stream
  • Finnish: puronen — small stream
  • French: ruisselet — small stream
  • German: Bächlein — small stream
  • Hungarian: ér — small stream
  • Hungarian: csermely — small stream
  • Irish: altán — small stream
  • Irish: caislín — small stream
  • Irish: sreabhán — small stream
  • Irish: sruthlán — small stream
  • Italian: rigagnolo — small stream
  • Italian: ruscelletto — small stream
  • Italian: ruscellino — small stream
  • Japanese: 小川 (ogawa) — small stream
  • Māori: kuinga — small stream
  • Māori: kuikuinga — small stream
  • Māori: haemanga — small stream
  • Russian: ручеёк (ručejók) — small stream
  • Russian: речу́шка (rečúška) — small stream
  • Spanish: arroyuelo — small stream
  • Telugu: చిన్నయేరు (cinnayēru) — small stream
  • Ukrainian: струмо́чок (strumóčok) — small stream
  • Ukrainian: поті́чок (potíčok) — small stream
  • Ukrainian: рі́чечка (ríčečka) — small stream
  • Venetan: rìu — small stream
  • Venetan: riu — small stream