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flu·vi·al
 fluvial
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- pronunciation:
- flu
vi
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of, found in, or produced by a river.
fluvial flora |
| related words: |
aquatic |
adverb + (adj.)fluvial
namely, perhaps
(adj.)fluvial
+ noun
bayou, deposit, encyclopaedia, estuary, feature, geomorphology, grayling, island, land, landscape, morphology, process, railway, setting, subset, water, watershed
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The word fluvial
contains the following parts:
flu, fluct, flux, fluv, flum
Latin
root
that means flow
  Example words:
affluent, circumfluent, confluence, conflux, effluent, effluvium, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, flume, fluvial, flux, influence, influenza, influx, refluent, superfluous
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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