affluent

English

Etymology

Middle French affluent, from Latin affluentem, accusative singular of affluēns, present active participle of affluō (“flow to or towards; overflow with”), from ad (“to, towards”) + fluō (“flow”) (cognate via latter to fluid, flow). Sense of “wealthy” (plentiful flow of goods) c. 1600, which also lead to nominalization affluence.

Only relation to antonym indigent is common Latinate suffix +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæf.lu.ənt/, X-SAMPA: /"{f.lu.@nt/
• (US) enPR: ăfʹlu-ənt, IPA: /ˈæf.lu.ənt/, X-SAMPA: /"{f.lu.@nt/

Noun

affluent (plural affluents)

1. (Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense) Somebody who is wealthy.
   • 1994, Philip D. Cooper, Health care marketing: a foundation for managed quality (page 183)

     The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.

2. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:moneybags

Translations

someone wealthy

• Bulgarian: богаташ (bg) (bogatáš) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 富翁 (cmn) (fùwēng), 富人 (cmn) (fùrén)

• French: richard (fr) m
• German: Reicher (de) m, Geldsack (de) m
• Hungarian: tehetős (hu)

• Japanese: 金持ち (ja) (かねもち, kanemochi), 金満家 (ja) (きんまんか, kinmanka)
• Russian: богач (ru) (bogáč) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: имућник (sh) m, богаташ (sh) m

  Roman: imućnik (sh) m, bogataš (sh) m

tributary — see tributary

Adjective

affluent (comparative more affluent, superlative most affluent)

1. Abundant; copious; plenteous.
2. (by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy.
3. (dated) tributary

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:wealthy

Translations

abundant

• Bulgarian: изобилен (bg) (izobílen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豐富 (cmn), 丰富 (cmn) (fēngfù), 豐裕 (cmn), 丰裕 (cmn) (fēngyù)

• Finnish: runsas (fi)
• French: abondant (fr)
• German: reichlich (de)

• Japanese: 裕福 (ja) (ゆうふく, yūfuku)
• Portuguese: afluente (pt)
• Russian: обильный (ru) (obílʹnyj), изобильный (ru) (izobílʹnyj)
• Spanish: abundante (es)
• Swedish: riklig (sv)

abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy

• Bulgarian: богат (bg) (bogát), охолен (bg) (ohólen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 富裕 (cmn) (fùyù)

• Dutch: welgesteld (nl)
• Finnish: varakas (fi)
• French: riche (fr)
• German: wohlhabend (de), begütert (de), reich (de)
• Hungarian: gazdag (hu)
• Japanese: 裕福 (ja) (ゆうふく, yūfuku)

• Polish: zamożny (pl) m
• Portuguese: afluente (pt)
• Russian: богатый (ru) (bogátyj), состоятельный (ru) (sostojátelʹnyj), зажиточный (ru) (zažítočnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: имућан (sh)

  Roman: imućan (sh)

• Spanish: adinerado (es) m, rico (es) m
• Turkish: varlıklı (tr)

tributary

• Bulgarian: вливащ се (bg) (vlivášt se)
• French: affluent (fr)

• Russian: вливающийся (ru) (vlivájuščijsja)
• Spanish: afluente (es)

Derived terms

• affluence
• affluently

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

affluent m (feminine affluente, masculine plural affluents, feminine plural affluentes)

1. tributary

Noun

affluent m (plural affluents)

1. tributary, affluent

Verb

affluent

1. third-person plural present indicative of affluer
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of affluer

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Latin

Verb

affluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of affluō