English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *plōtus, derived from *pleu- "to flow". Near cognates include Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic (flōdus).
Pronunciation [edit]
flood (plural floods)
- A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- A floodlight
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Translations [edit]
overflow of water
- Albanian: përmbytje (sq)
- Arabic: طوفان (ar) (ṭawafān) m, فيضان (ar) (fayaḍān) m
- Armenian: հեղեղ (hy) (heġeġ)
- Asturian: inundación (ast) f
- Bashkir: ташҡын (tašqïn)
- Basque: uholde (eu)
- Belarusian: павадак (be) (pávadak) m
- Bengali: বন্যা (bn)
- Berber:
- Tashelhit: ingayn m pl
- Bulgarian: наводнение (bg) (navodnénie) n
- Catalan: inundació (ca) f
- Chamicuro: imujki
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 水浸
- Mandarin: 洪水 (cmn) (hóngshuǐ), 洪災 (cmn), 洪灾 (cmn) (hóngzāi), 水災 (cmn), 水灾 (cmn) (shuǐzāi)
- Czech: povodeň (cs) f, záplava (cs) f, potopa (cs) f
- Danish: oversvømmelse (da) c
- Dutch: overstroming (nl) f, vloed (nl) m
- Esperanto: inundo (eo), pluvego (eo)
- Estonian: üleujutus (et), veetulv (et)
- Finnish: tulva (fi)
- French: inondation (fr) f
- Galician: inundación (gl) f
- Georgian: წყალდიდობა (ka) (ts‘q‘aldidoba)
- German: Flut (de) f (tidal), Überflutung (de) f, Überschwemmung (de) f, Hochwasser (de) n
- Greek: πλημμύρα (el) (plimmýra) f
- Ancient: κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) m
- Haitian Creole: inondasyon
- Hebrew: מבול (he) (mabbul) m, שיטפון (he) (šittafon) m
- Hindi: बाढ़ (hi) (bāṛh) f
- Hungarian: árvíz (hu), ár (hu)
- Icelandic: flóð (is) n
- Indonesian: banjir (id)
- Italian: inondazione (it) f, alluvione (it) f [1]
- Japanese: 洪水 (ja) (こうずい, kōzui)
- Jèrriais: fliot m
- Korean: 한물 (ko) (hanmul), 홍수 (ko) (hongsu) (洪水 (ko))
- Kurdish: lehî (ku) f, lêser (ku) f, lês (ku) f, avrabûn (ku) f, لافاو (ku)
- Lao: ນ້ຳຖ້ວມ (lo) (nam-thuam)
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- Latgalian: poli m pl
- Latin: diluvium (la) n, inundatio (la) f
- Latvian: plūdi (lv) m pl, pali (lv) m pl
- Lithuanian: potvynis (lt) m, poplūdis (lt)
- Macedonian: поплава (mk) (poplava) f
- Malay: banjir (ms), bah (ms)
- Maltese: please add this translation if you can
- Marathi: पूर (mr)
- Mongolian: үер (mn) (üér)
- Norwegian: flom (no)
- Nynorsk: flaum (nn)
- Occitan: inondacion (oc) f, aigat (oc) m
- Old English: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: سیل (fa) (sail)
- Polish: powódź (pl) f, potop (pl) m
- Portuguese: cheia (pt) f, enchente (pt) f, inundação (pt) f
- Quechua: nuyuy (qu)
- Romanian: inundație (ro) f
- Russian: наводнение (ru) (navodnénije) n, потоп (ru) (potóp) m, паводок (ru) (pávodok) m
- Scottish Gaelic: tuil (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: поплава (sh) f, потоп (sh) m
- Roman: poplava (sh) f, potop (sh) m
- Sicilian: allavinamentu (scn) m
- Slovak: povodeň (sk) f
- Slovene: poplava (sl) f, povodenj (sl) f
- Spanish: inundación (es) f; avenida (es) f
- Swahili: mafuriko (sw), gharika (sw)
- Swedish: översvämning (sv) c
- Tagalog: baha (tl)
- Tamil: வெள்ளம் (ta)
- Telugu: వరద (te) (varada), వెల్లువ (te) (velluva)
- Thai: อุทกภัย (th) (òotók pai), น้ำท่วม (th) (náam tûam)
- Turkish: sel (tr)
- Ukrainian: повінь (uk) (povin’), потоп (uk) (potóp) m
- Urdu: باڑھ (ur) (bāṛh) f
- Vietnamese: lụt (vi), nạn lụt (vi)
- Walloon: grossès aiwes (wa)
- Welsh: llifogydd (cy)
- West Frisian: oerstreaming (fy)
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flood (third-person singular simple present floods, present participle flooding, simple past and past participle flooded)
- To overflow.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- The floor was flooded with beer.
- They flooded the room with sewage.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than cannot easily be dealt with.
- The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
- 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0 - 4 Man City”, BBC Sport:
- Blackburn offered nothing going forward in the opening period and that continued after the break, encouraging City to flood forward.
- (Internet, computing) To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to cover as if by a flood
to provide with a large number of quantity
to disrupt online conversation
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version here
Portuguese [edit]
flood m (plural floods)
- (Internet slang) A flood of superfluous text messages
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