flood

See also Flood

English

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Alternative forms

• floud (obsolete)

Etymology

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

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

• Audio (US)

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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) (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
• 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)

• 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)

large number or quantity

• Finnish: tulva (fi)
• German: Flut (de) f
• Greek: πλημμύρα (el) (plimmýra) f, χείμαρρος (el) (cheímarros) m
• Italian: marea (it) f, alluvione (it) 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) f

• Russian: наплыв (ru) (naplýv) m
• Scottish Gaelic: tuil (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍplava (sh) 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

• Czech: zaplavit (cs)
• 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)

• Icelandic: hlaupa (is)
• Italian: allagare (it), inondare (it), (river, intransitive) straripare (it)
• Japanese: 氾濫する (ja)

• Korean: 넘치다 (ko)
• Latin: inundare (la), diluviare (la)
• Latvian: plūdi (lv)
• Norwegian: oversvømme (no)
• Polish: zalewać (pl)
• Romanian: revărsa (ro)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: abenai, allagai

• Serbo-Croatian: prepláviti (sh)
• Slovene: preplaviti (sl)
• Swahili: mafuriko (sw), gharika (sw)
• Swedish: svämma över (sv), översvämma (sv)

to cover as if by a flood

• Czech: zaplavit (cs)
• Finnish: tulvia (fi), hukuttaa (fi)
• French: inonder (fr)
• German: überschwemmen (de), überfluten (de)
• Greek: πλημμυρίζω (el) (plimmyrízo)
• Italian: allagare (it), inondare (it)
• Polish: zalewać
• Romanian: inunda (ro), revărsa (ro)

• Russian: затопить (ru) (zatopitʹ)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: abenai, allagai

• Serbo-Croatian: potòpiti (sh), popláviti (sh)
• Slovene: preplaviti (sl), poplaviti (sl)
• Swahili: gharika (sw)
• Telugu: ముంచెత్తు (te) (muMchettu), వెల్లువెత్తు (te) (velluvettu)

to provide with a large number of quantity

• Finnish: tukkia (fi), hukuttaa (fi)
• French: submerger (fr), noyer (fr)
• Greek: πλημμυρίζω (el) (plimmyrízo) (plimmyrízo)
• Italian: inondare (it), subissare (it)

• Polish: zalewać (pl)
• Slovene: preplaviti (sl)
• Swahili: mafuriko (sw), gharika (sw)
• Telugu: ముంచెత్తు (te) (muMchettu)

to disrupt online conversation

• Portuguese: floodar (pt)

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Portuguese

Noun

flood m (plural floods)

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

Related terms

• floodar