No. 8,904 in French
caniveaux
"Gutters" or "drainage channels" along roads or sidewalks.
In a sentence
Les enfants aiment jouer près des caniveaux après une forte pluie.
Children love playing near the gutters after a heavy rain.
Here, 'caniveaux' refers to the drainage channels that collect and direct rainwater on the sides of streets.
Ces vieux caniveaux en pierre datent de l'époque médiévale.
These old stone gutters date back to medieval times.
In this example, 'caniveaux' denotes stone-lined drainage systems that are historical in nature.
L'eau s'écoule rapidement dans les caniveaux propres.
Water flows quickly through the clean gutters.
Here, 'caniveaux' describes functional drainage systems working efficiently for water flow.
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