rivier

From Dutch rivier.

• IPA^(key): /rəˈfiːr/

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rivier (plural riviere, diminutive riviertjie)

1. river
   • 2017, “Droë riviere”‎^[1]performed by Liezel Pieters:

     In jou hart se droë riviere
     Het jou liefde opgedroog.
     En vergeet jy al die ure,
     Die gety in my bly hoog.

     In the dry rivers of your heart
     Your love has dried up.
     And though you may be forgetting those hours,
     The tide in me stays high.

From Middle Dutch riviere, from Old French riviere.

• IPA^(key): /riˈviːr/

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• Hyphenation: ri‧vier
• Rhymes: -iːr

rivier f or m (plural rivieren, diminutive riviertje n)

1. a river

• Afrikaans: rivier
• Jersey Dutch: rîver

From Dutch rivier, from Old French riviere.

• IPA^(key): /riˈviər/, /rəˈviər/

rivier c (plural rivieren, diminutive rivierke)

1. river

   Synonym: stream

• “rivier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011