afluência

See also: afluencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin affluēns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin affluentiabor.

Portuguese afluência

Borrowed from Latin affluentia. By surface analysis, afluir +‎ -ência.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fluˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [a.flʊˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈflwẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fluˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [a.flʊˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈflwẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fluˈẽ.si.a/ [a.flʊˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /aˈflwẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fluˈẽ.sjɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐˈflwẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧flu‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

afluência f (plural afluências)

1. affluence; influx (flow toward a place)

   Synonym: afluxo

2. affluence (a large amount of wealth)
3. (hydrology) confluence (place where two rivers meet)

Related terms

• afluente
• afluir
• afluxo

Further reading

• “afluência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “afluência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026