"un fleuve" (masc.) is a river in French, but a main river which runs into the sea or into the ocean. A river that runs into another one (and not directly into the sea) is called "une rivière" (fem.), a word that has the same root as the English 'river'.
Fleuve is prounounced something like "fluhvv". Link goes to an audio sample.
un fleuve - a river It's a little more specific than that. The French have two words for river: Riviere: a river that flows into another river. Fleuve: a (usually larger) river that flows directly into a salt water sea or ocean.
A river is 'une rivière' (fem.) in French; 'un fleuve' (masc.) is a river that runs into the sea or the ocean (tributary rivers emptying into larger ones are only called rivière, but not fleuve)
The Thames (en anglais)
La ville de Washington, D.C. se donne sur le fleuve Potomac et la rivière Anacostia.
The Mississippi river is called 'le fleuve Mississippi' in French. Fleuve (masc.) is the French name for a river that empties directly into a sea or ocean.
The Amazon river is called 'le fleuve amazone' in French. Fleuve (masc.) is the French name for a river that empties directly into a sea or ocean.
Fleuve is prounounced something like "fluhvv". Link goes to an audio sample.
'un fleuve' is a river in French (one that runs into the sea and is large and long enough, otherwise it would be called 'une rivière').
un fleuve - a river It's a little more specific than that. The French have two words for river: Riviere: a river that flows into another river. Fleuve: a (usually larger) river that flows directly into a salt water sea or ocean.
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The St.Lawrence river ("Fleuve St-Laurent" in French)
Fleuve = River that flows in the ocean Rivière = River that flows into another rivière or into a fleuve (NOT into the ocean)
Le fleuve (masc.) is translated 'the river' in English. In French, only rivers running directly into a sea or ocean are called 'fleuves', a secondary (tributary) river running into another larger one is 'une rivière' (fem.).
the two major rivers in French Guiana are the 'Maroni' and the 'Oyapock'.
A river is 'une rivière' (fem.) in French; 'un fleuve' (masc.) is a river that runs into the sea or the ocean (tributary rivers emptying into larger ones are only called rivière, but not fleuve)