flúmen

See also: flumen

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?

Latin fluō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Italic *-men

Latin -men

Latin flūmenlbor.

Portuguese flúmen

Learned borrowing from Latin flūmen.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflũ.mẽj̃/ [ˈflũ.mẽɪ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflũ.mẽj̃/ [ˈflũ.mẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflu.mẽj̃/ [ˈflu.mẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈflu.mɛn/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũmẽj̃, (Portugal) -umɛn
• Hyphenation: flú‧men

Noun

flúmen m (plural (Brazil) flumens or (Portugal) flúmenes)

1. alternative form of flume

Further reading

• “flúmen”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “flúmen”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “flúmen”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “flúmen”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN