Grammatical class

Noun

fleuve

a river that flows into an ocean or sea (a river that flows into another river or body of water is called a rivière)

Details

Syllables

fleu-ve

Phonetics

flœv

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1334

Freq. (movies)

2213

Freq. (news)

6457

Sentences

L’Amazone est un fleuve d’Amérique du Sud.

The Amazon is a river located in South America.

A1

Le fleuve est long.

The river is long.

A1

Le fleuve est dangereux.

The river is dangerous.

A1

L'eau du fleuve est sale.

The water in the river is dirty.

A1

Ce fleuve est très profond.

This river is very deep.

A1

Il traversa le fleuve.

He got across the river.

A2

Ce fleuve se déverse dans la mer.

The river flows down to the sea.

A2

Je plongeai dans le fleuve.

I dived into the river.

B1

Je traversai le fleuve en bateau.

I crossed the river by boat.

B1

Comment ce fleuve est-il appelé ?

What is this river called?

B1

Tandis que le lugubre fleuve d’hommes, sinuant à travers les routes encaissées, précipitait vers Pontarlier le débordement de ses vagues, […].

As the grim river of people, winding through the steep-walled roads, sent its overflowing waves toward Pontarlier...

C2

Les îles grandissent peu à peu et s’entourent d’une large ceinture de roches tapissées de mousses noirâtres ou de longs fucus bruns qui pendent à leurs flancs comme les roseaux de marbre dont les sculpteurs du dernier siècle ornaient leurs statues de fleuves.

The islands gradually grow and are surrounded by a broad belt of rocks carpeted with blackish mosses or long brown seaweed hanging from their sides, like the marble reeds with which last century's sculptors decorated their statues of river gods.

C2