Dictionary

streamlet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈstɹiːmlət/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew-der. Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s Proto-Germanic *straumaz Proto-West Germanic *straum Old English strēam Middle English strem English stream Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English streamlet From stream + -let.

Meanings

1. A small stream.
   • [A] ſtreamlet inviting repoſe / Soft-murmuring vvanders avvay, […] 1760, Anacreon, “Anacreon, Ode 22”, in James Beattie, transl., Original Poems and Translations, London: […] [F. Douglas?]; and sold by A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, page 76:
   • I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets, to join Sylvie. 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 19:
   • Then the river Medway, branching it selfe into five streamlets, is joyned with as many stone Bridges […] 1610, William Camden, “Kent”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC, page 330:
   • […] the eye, after poring over the unbounded expanse of the ocean, is releaved and delighted by a streamlet and a dell. 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman & Rees, Volume 1, Preface, p. iii:

Forms

Translations (30)

es arroyuelo (small stream) · hu ér (small stream) · ga sreabhán (small stream) · ga altán (small stream) · uk струмо́чок (small stream) · de Bächlein (small stream) · vec riu (small stream) · mi haemanga (small stream) · fr ruisselet (small stream) · it ruscellino (small stream) · hu csermely (small stream) · ru ручеёк (small stream) · mi kuikuinga (small stream) · ga sruthlán (small stream) · fi puro (small stream) · cmn 小溪 (small stream) · bg ручей (small stream) · eo kanaleto (small stream) · mi kuinga (small stream) · vec rìu (small stream) · ga caislín (small stream) · fi puronen (small stream) · it rigagnolo (small stream) · uk рі́чечка (small stream) · it ruscelletto (small stream) · bg поточе (small stream) · te చిన్నయేరు (small stream) · uk поті́чок (small stream) · ru речу́шка (small stream) · ja 小川 (small stream)