# fluvial
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluviālis, from fluvius (“a stream”) +‎ -ālis, from the root of fluere (“to flow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfluːvi.əl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

fluvial (not comparable)
* Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
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#### Synonyms

* fluviatile
* riverine

#### Coordinate terms

* alluvial

#### Derived terms

* adfluvial
* fluvialist
* fluviality
* fluvially
* fluviatic
* glaciofluvial
* interfluvial
* orthofluvial
* paleofluvial
* parafluvial
* subfluvial
* transfluvial

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* fluavil, vialful

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluviālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [flu.βiˈal]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [flu.viˈal]

### Adjective

fluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluvials)
* fluvial

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluviālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fly.vjal/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: fluviale, fluviales

### Adjective

fluvial (feminine fluviale, masculine plural fluviaux, feminine plural fluviales)
* (relational) fluvial

#### Related terms

* fleuve

### Further reading

* “fluvial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluviālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fluˈvi̯aːl]
* Hyphenation: flu‧vi‧al

### Adjective

fluvial (strong nominative masculine singular fluvialer, not comparable)
* fluvial

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “fluvial” in Duden online
* “fluvial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin fluvialis.

### Adjective

fluvial (masculine and feminine fluvial, neuter fluvialt, definite singular and plural fluviale)
* fluvial

### References

* “fluvial” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin fluvialis.

### Adjective

fluvial (neuter fluvialt, definite singular and plural fluviale)
* fluvial

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fluviālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /flu.viˈaw/ [flu.vɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /fluˈvjaw/ [fluˈvjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fluˈvjal/ [fluˈvjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fluˈvjal/ [fluˈvjaɫ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /fluˈbjal/ [fluˈβjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fluˈvja.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: flu‧vi‧al

### Adjective

fluvial m or f (plural fluviais)
* fluvial

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fluvial, Latin fluviālis. By surface analysis, fluviu +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fluviˈal]

### Adjective

fluvial m or n (feminine singular fluvială, masculine plural fluviali, feminine and neuter plural fluviale)
* fluvial

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluviālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fluˈbjal/ [fluˈβ̞jal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: flu‧vial

### Adjective

fluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluviales)
* fluvial

#### Derived terms

* buscarla fluvial
* fluvialmente

### Further reading

* “fluvial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10