flood

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English

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Etymology

Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from common Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *plō-tu-, derived from *pleu- "to flow". Near cognates include German Flut and Gothic (flōdus).

Pronunciation

• enPR: flŭd, IPA: /flʌd/, SAMPA: /flVd/

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• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

flood (plural floods)

1. A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
2. (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
3. A floodlight

Related terms

• outburst flood

Translations

overflow of water

Albanian: përmbytje (sq) Arabic: طوفان (ar) (Tawafaan) m., فيضان (ar) (fayaDaan) m. Armenian: հեղեղ (hy) (heġeġ) Basque: uholde (eu) Bengali: বন্যা (bn) Bosnian: poplava (bs) f. Bulgarian: наводнение (bg) (navodnenie) 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) Croatian: pȍplava (hr) f., pòtop (hr) m. 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: Ancient: κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) m. Modern: πλημμύρα (el) (plimmýra) f. 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. Japanese: 洪水 (ja) (こうずい, kōzui)

Korean: 한물 (ko) (hanmul), 홍수 (ko) (hongsu) (洪水 (ko)) Kurdish: lehî (ku) f., lêser (ku) f., lês (ku) f., avrabûn (ku) f., لافاو Lao: ນ້ຳຖ້ວມ (lo) (nam-thuam) 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) 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) 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. Scottish Gaelic: tuil (gd) f. Serbian: поплава (sr) f. Sicilian: allavinamentu m. 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’) Urdu: باڑھ (ur) (bāṛh) f. Vietnamese: lụt (vi), nạn lụt (vi) Walloon: grossès aiwes (wa) Welsh: llifogydd (cy) West Frisian: oerstreaming (fy)

large number or quantity

Croatian: pȍplava (hr) f. Finnish: tulva (fi) German: Flut (de) f. Greek: πλημμύρα (el) (plimmýra) f., χείμαρρος (el) (cheímarros) m. Italian: marea f., alluvione f. Japanese: 洪水 (ja) (こうずい, kōzui) Polish: ogrom (pl), nawał (pl) m., natłok (pl) m., powódź (pl) f., potok (pl) m.

Portuguese: dilúvio (pt) m., enxurrada (pt) Russian: наплыв (ru) (naplýv) m. Scottish Gaelic: tuil (gd) f. Slovene: poplava (sl) f. Spanish: diluvio (es) m. Swahili: mafuriko (sw), gharika (sw)

Verb

flood (third-person singular simple present floods, present participle flooding, simple past and past participle flooded)

1. To overflow.
2. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

   The floor was flooded with beer.

   They flooded the room with sewage.

3. (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.

4. (Internet, computing) To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation.

Synonyms

• (overflow): overfill
• (cover): inundate
• (provide with large number): inundate, swamp, deluge

Translations

to overflow

Croatian: prepláviti (hr) Dutch: overstromen (nl) Esperanto: inundi (eo) Finnish: tulvia (fi) French: inonder (fr) German: überschwemmen (de), überfluten (de), überfüllen (de) Greek: ancient: κατακλύζω (kataklyzō) modern: πλημμυρίζω (el) (plimmyrízo) Italian: allagare, inondare, (river, intransitive) straripare

Japanese: 氾濫する (ja) Latin: inundare (la), diluviare (la) Latvian: plūdi Polish: zalewać Romanian: revărsa (ro) Slovene: preplaviti (sl) Swahili: mafuriko (sw), gharika (sw) Swedish: svämma över (sv), översvämma (sv)

to cover as if by a flood

Croatian: potòpiti (hr), popláviti (hr) Czech: zaplavit (cs) Finnish: tulvia (fi), hukuttaa (fi) French: inonder (fr) German: überschwemmen (de), überfluten (de) Greek: πλημμυρίζω (el) (plimmyrízo)

Italian: allagare, inondare Polish: zalewać Romanian: inunda (ro), revărsa (ro) Slovene: preplaviti (sl), poplaviti (sl) Swahili: gharika (sw) Telugu: ముంచెత్తు (muMchettu), వెల్లువెత్తు (velluvettu)

to provide with a large number of quantity

Finnish: tukkia (fi), hukuttaa (fi) Greek: πλημμυρίζω (el) (plimmyrízo) Italian: inondare, subissare Polish: zalewać

Slovene: preplaviti (sl) Swahili: mafuriko (sw), gharika (sw) Telugu: ముంచెత్తు (muMchettu)

to disrupt online conversation

Portuguese: floodar (pt)

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Noun

flood m. (plural floods)

1. (Internet slang) A flood of superfluous text messages

Related terms

• floodar