rivulet

N แม่น้ำ สาย เล็กๆ  ลำธาร เล็กๆ  สายน้ำ เล็กๆ  brook runnel mea-nam-sai-lek-lek

RIVULET

n.[L. rivulus. ] A small stream or book; a streamlet. By fountain or by shady rivulet, he sought them.

RIVULET

Riv "u *let, n. Etym: [Earlier rivolet, It. rivoletto, a dim. fr. rivolo, L. rivulus, dim. of rivus a brook. CF. Rival, Rite. ]

rivulet

riv u let |ˈriv (y )ələt ˈrɪv (j )ələt | ▶noun a very small stream: sweat ran in rivulets down his back. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: alteration of obsolete riveret (from French, literally ‘small river ’), perhaps suggested by Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, based on Latin rivus ‘stream. ’

rivulet

rivulet |ˈrɪvjʊlɪt | ▶noun 1 a small stream of water or another liquid: sweat ran in rivulets down his back. • literary a very small river or stream. 2 a brownish European moth with white markings, occurring in rough grassland. ●Perizoma affinitatum, family Geometridae. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: alteration of obsolete riveret (from French, literally ‘small river ’), perhaps suggested by Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, based on Latin rivus ‘stream ’.

rivulet

riv u let /rɪ́vjələt /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠小川, 細流 (brook 1 ).