tributary

affluent

Rivière ou ruisseau qui se jette dans un cours d’eau plus grand ou dans un lac.

En anglais simple : A river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake.

• This stream is a tributary.
• Several tributaries join the river near the town.
• We followed a tributary of the Amazon.

Comment l'utiliser : tributary of something (The stream is a tributary of the main river.)

Synonymes : feeder stream

Expressions courantes : major tributary, tributary of something, small tributary

État tributaire

Pays ou groupe qui verse régulièrement des richesses à un pays plus puissant, souvent pour obtenir sa protection.

En anglais simple : A country or group that regularly pays a more powerful country, often for protection.

• The kingdom became a tributary.
• The emperor demanded payments from his tributaries.
• This small state was a tributary of the empire.

Comment l'utiliser : tributary of something (The kingdom was a tributary of the northern empire.)

Synonymes : tributary state

Expressions courantes : imperial tributary, tributary of something, loyal tributary

veine affluente

Petite veine qui amène le sang dans une veine plus grande.

En anglais simple : A smaller vein that carries blood into a larger vein.

• This vein has several tributaries.
• Blood enters the larger vein through a tributary.
• The surgeon identified a tributary of the femoral vein.

Comment l'utiliser : tributary of something (This vessel is a tributary of a larger vein.)

Expressions courantes : venous tributary, tributary of something, small tributary

tributaire, affluent

Qui alimente quelque chose de plus grand ou y contribue en tant que petite partie.

En anglais simple : Supplying or contributing to something larger, as a smaller part of it.

• Small tributary streams feed the lake.
• This river is tributary to a larger one.
• The historian traced the tributary sources of the movement.

Comment l'utiliser : tributary to something (These streams are tributary to the main river.)

Synonymes : contributing, feeding

Expressions courantes : tributary stream, tributary to something, tributary sources