Rhone

See also: rhone and Rhône

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French Rhône.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊn

Proper noun

Rhone

  2. A major river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea.

Translations

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

  • Rhône (sometimes Switzerland, otherwise uncommon), Rhosne, Rone, Rosne (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French Rho(s)ne. 16th century or earlier. Partially displaced older Rotten, which see. All ultimately from Latin Rhodanus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁoːnə/, /ʁoːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Rho‧ne

Proper noun

die Rhone f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Rhone)

  1. Rhone, Rhône (a major river in Switzerland and France that flows from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea)
    Synonym: (now restricted to the Swiss portion) Rotten m

Declension

Declension of Rhone [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Rhone
genitive einer der Rhone
dative einer der Rhone
accusative eine die Rhone

Further reading

  • Rhone on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “Rhone” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Rhone” in Duden online
  • “Rhone” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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