lazwarz

[patent pier]

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[smoky topaz]

they're pretty synonymous

but rivière is technically a tributary

so generally if it's big: fleuve
if it's smaller: rivière
if it's tiny: ruisseau

[fallen oracle]

what about a ruissellement?

[tame flame]

Rousseau c’était un philosophe

Tu penses à « ruisseau »

[fallen oracle]

??

[tame flame]

It was « rousseau » when I replied to you, the edit must've not appeared when I did
Anyway, « ruissellement » is a 'surface runoff' which is analogised to a temporary brook/stream

« ruisseler » means to stream, to flow, add the suffix « -ment (state/result of a verb) » to get « ruissellement / ruissèlement »