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Added 10 October 2026

rivulet

/ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/ noun

Latin root: rīvulus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about rivulet at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
A rivulet of tears ran down his face.
Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.

Origin

From Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo (“trickle, little stream”), diminutive of rivo (“stream, brook, creek”), ultimately from Latin rīvulus, diminutive of rīvus. By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -ule + -et.

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