flum

See also: flüm

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin flūmen (compare Italian fiume, Romansch flum), from fluō, fluere (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew- (“to swell, flow”).

Noun

flum m (plural flums)

1. river

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French flum.

Noun

flum m (plural flums)

1. river

References

• flum on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin flūmen, from fluō, fluere (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew- (“to swell, flow”).

Noun

flum oblique singular, m (oblique plural fluns, nominative singular fluns, nominative plural flum)

1. river
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Yonec

     […] il fu el flum d'enfern plungiez!

     He was plunged into the river of Hell!

Synonyms

• riviere
• flueve

Descendants

• → English: flume
• Middle French: flum

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (flun)

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) flem
• (Puter, Vallader) flüm

Etymology

From Latin flūmen, from fluō, fluere (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew- (“to swell, flow”).

Noun

flum m (plural flums)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) river