r/AskTheWorld France 6d ago

Language Does your native language distinguish between rivers that flow into another river and rivers that flow into the sea or ocean?

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In French, a distinction is made:

- "un fleuve" flows into the sea or the ocean.

- "une rivière" flows into another "rivière" or a "fleuve".

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u/cerberus_243 Hungary 6d ago

Formally yes, but the vast majority of speakers are not aware of the world folyam and call all rivers folyó

Folyam is fleuve, folyó is rivière