confluire

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See also: confluiré

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cōnfluere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

confluìre (first-person singular present confluìsco, first-person singular past historic confluìi, past participle confluìto, auxiliary èssere or (rare) avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere or (rarely) avere]

  1. to flow together (of two rivers)
  2. to flow [+ in (another river) = into] (of a river)
  3. (by extension) to converge, to meet (of roads, pipelines, etc.)
  4. (figurative) to converge

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ confluire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  2. ^ influire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading[edit]

  • confluire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana