ruisseau
French, noun/ʁɥi.so/
ruisseau is spelled R-U-I-S-S-E-A-U (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruisseau is a French masculine noun meaning “stream, brook, creek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cours d’eau d’une largeur trop peu considérable pour recevoir le nom de rivière”.
What does ruisseau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestream, brook, creek
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cours d’eau d’une largeur trop peu considérable pour recevoir le nom de rivière. 2. Cours d’eau qui coule au milieu ou sur les deux côtés de la chaussée ; conduit, à ciel ouvert destiné à recevoir cette eau. 3. Situation dégradante. 4. Toutes les choses liquides qui coulent en abondance.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ruisseau
- ruisseaux plural
- ruissel rare poetic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruisseau?
- /ʁɥi.so/
- \ʁɥi.so\
- [ʁɥi.so]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ruisseau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruisseau in French?
ruisseau appears 5.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).