rivulet

[ riv-yuh-lit ]

noun

1. a small stream; streamlet; brook.

rivulet

/ ˈrɪvjʊlɪt /

noun

1. a small stream

Word History and Origins

Origin of rivulet¹

1580–90; earlier rivolet < Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo < Latin rīvulus small stream

Word History and Origins

Origin of rivulet¹

C16: from Italian rivoletto , from Latin rīvulus , from rīvus stream

Example Sentences

Drying vents affixed to massive undulating columns blast air until every rivulet of water disappears.

From Salon

For those left behind, grief and uncertainty swirl together, muddy rivulets in a vast tributary.

From Los Angeles Times

At Domingo Albacete's olive farm soil erosion has left rivulets of rubble and stone.

From Reuters

“You know how you sometimes realize it has been raining only when it stops,” Ben Lerner writes in “The Lights,” his fourth collection of poems, “silence falling on the roof, forming rivulets on the glass?”

From Los Angeles Times

As the rain poured down Sunday, sending rivulets of water cascading into her driveway, Zacarias said she was more worried about her work hours.

From Los Angeles Times