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rival

/ˈɹaɪvəl/RIGH-vuhl
/ˈɹaɪvəl/RIGH-vuhl

Meaningone who shares a brook

Common meaning: a competitor (once one sharing a stream)

Journey through time

  1. Latinrīvus‘a brook, channel’
  2. Frenchrival
  3. Englishrival‘a competitor (once one sharing a stream)’ · today

riv also in: rivuletderive

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin rīvus ‘a brook, channel’.

Did you know (Latin rivalis is…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry RIVAL, p. 512 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Latin rivus, a…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry rīvus, p. 1597 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • rīvus Latin “a brook, channel”

Related words

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