ruissel
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Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *rivuscellum (“brook, stream”), from Latin *rīvusculum (“creek, rivulet”) + -ellum (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from rīvus (“rivulet”) + -usculum (“-cule: forming diminutives”).
Noun[edit]
ruissel oblique singular, m (oblique plural ruisseaus or ruisseax or ruissiaus or ruissiax or ruissels, nominative singular ruisseaus or ruisseax or ruissiaus or ruissiax or ruissels, nominative plural ruissel)
- stream; brook
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Marie l'Egypcienne:
- De l'iaue bevoit au ruissel
- She drank water from the stream