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[edit] 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).
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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.
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overflow of water
- Albanian: përmbytje sq(sq)
- Arabic: طوفان (ṭawafān) m., فيضان (fayaḍān) m.
- Armenian: հեղեղ hy(hy) (heġeġ)
- Basque: uholde eu(eu)
- Bengali: বন্যা bn(bn)
- Bosnian: poplava bs(bs) f.
- Bulgarian: наводнение bg(bg) (navodnenie) n.
- Catalan: inundació ca(ca) f.
- Chamicuro: imujki
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 水浸
- Mandarin: 洪水 (hóngshǔi), 洪灾 (hóngzāi)
- Croatian: pȍplava hr(hr) f., pòtop hr(hr) m.
- Czech: povodeň cs(cs) f., záplava cs(cs) f., potopa cs(cs) f.
- Danish: oversvømmelse da(da) c.
- Dutch: overstroming nl(nl) f., vloed nl(nl) m.
- Esperanto: inundo eo(eo), pluvego eo(eo)
- Estonian: üleujutus et(et), veetulv et(et)
- Finnish: tulva fi(fi)
- French: inondation fr(fr) f.
- Galician: inundación gl(gl) f.
- Georgian: წყალდიდობა ka(ka) (ts‘q‘aldidoba)
- German: Flut de(de) f. (tidal), Überflutung de(de) f., Überschwemmung de(de) f., Hochwasser de(de) n.
- Greek:
- Ancient: κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) m.
- Modern: πλημμύρα (plimmíra) f.
- Hebrew: מבול he(he) (mabbul) m., שיטפון he(he) (šittafon) m.
- Hindi: बाढ़ hi(hi)
- Hungarian: árvíz hu(hu)
- Icelandic: flóð is(is) n.
- Indonesian: banjir id(id)
- Italian: inondazione it(it) f., alluvione it(it) f. [1]
- Japanese: 洪水 ja(ja) (こうずい, kōzui)
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- Korean: 한물 (hanmul), 홍수 (洪水, hongsu)
- Kurdish: lehî ku(ku) f., lêser ku(ku) f., lês ku(ku) f., avrabûn ku(ku) f., لافاو
- Lao: ນ້ຳຖ້ວມ lo(lo) (nam-thuam)
- Latin: diluvium la(la) n., inundatio la(la) f.
- Latvian: plūdi lv(lv) m. pl.
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: поплава mk(mk) f.
- Malay: banjir ms(ms)
- Maltese: please add this translation if you can
- Marathi: पूर mr(mr)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: flom no(no)
- Nynorsk: flaum nn(nn)
- Old English: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: سیل fa(fa)
- Polish: powódź pl(pl) f., potop pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: enchente pt(pt) f., inundação pt(pt) f.
- Quechua: nuyuy qu(qu)
- Romanian: inundaţie ro(ro) f.
- Russian: наводнение ru(ru) (navodnénije) n.
- Serbian: поплава sr(sr) f.
- Sicilian: allavinamentu m.
- Slovene: poplava sl(sl) f., povodenj sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: inundación es(es) f.
- Swahili: mafuriko sw(sw), gharika sw(sw)
- Swedish: översvämning sv(sv) c.
- Tagalog: baha tl(tl)
- Tamil: வெள்ளம் ta(ta)
- Telugu: వరద te(te) (varada), వెల్లువ te(te) (velluva)
- Thai: อุทกภัย (òotók pai), น้ำท่วม (náam tûam)
- Turkish: sel tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: повінь uk(uk) (povin’)
- Vietnamese: lụt vi(vi), nạn lụt vi(vi)
- Walloon: grossès aiwes wa(wa)
- Welsh: llifogydd cy(cy)
- West Frisian: oerstreaming fy(fy)
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to 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 can easily be dealt with.
- The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
- (Internet, computing) To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation.
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[edit] Translations
provide with a large number of quantity
[edit] References
- ↑ 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