influx

English

Etymology

From Latin īnflūxus (“inflow; influence”), from īnfluō (“flow or run into”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnˌflʌks/

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Noun

influx (countable and uncountable, plural influxes)

1. A flow inward or into something; a coming in.

   Synonyms: inflood, inflow, infusion, intromission, introduction, importation

   I'll buy a new computer when I get an influx of cash.

   • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:

     the general influx of Greek into modern languages

   • 2018 January 12, Kara Fox, “Norwegians aren’t likely to move to the US, even if they’re welcome”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 December 2022:

     But despite the President’s offer, it’s unlikely that an influx of Norwegians will begin to settle in the US anytime soon.

   • 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:

     By the 1880s, the pretty harbour village of Lynmouth was enjoying an influx of holidaymakers brought by paddle steamers from the likes of Bristol and Swansea.

   • 2025 January 20, “REALIGNING THE UNITED STATES REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM”, in whitehouse.gov‎^[2], archived from the original on 18 March 2025:

     Cities and small towns alike, from Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and Springfield, Ohio, to Whitewater, Wisconsin, have seen significant influxes of migrants. Even major urban centers such as New York City, Chicago, and Denver have sought Federal aid to manage the burden of new arrivals.

2. That which flows or comes in.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     The influx of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with the influx of consumers.

3. (obsolete) influence; power.
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature:

     A continued influx of the Divine Goodness

Synonyms

• instreaming

Antonyms

• efflux

Derived terms

• influxious
• influxive

Translations

inward flow — see also entry

• Bulgarian: вливане n (vlivane), наплив (bg) m (napliv)
• Catalan: influx (ca) m
• Czech: příval m, příliv (cs) m
• Danish: tilstrømning c
• Dutch: toevloed (nl) m
• French: influx (fr) m
• Galician: influxo (gl) m
• German: Zufluss (de) m, Einfluss (de) m, Zustrom (de) m
• Greek: εισροή (el) f (eisroḯ)
• Italian: influsso (it) m
• Māori: urutomo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilstrømning m or f, tilstrømming m or f

• Polish: wpływ (pl) m
• Romanian: afluență (ro) f, aflux (ro) n
• Russian: прито́к (ru) m (pritók), наплы́в (ru) m (naplýv) (esp. a big one)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уплив m, улив m, уток m, увор m, прилив m

  Latin: upliv (sh) m, uliv m, utok (sh) m, uvor m, priliv (sh) m

• Spanish: influjo m
• Swedish: tillströmning c

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French influx.

Noun

influx n (plural influxuri)

1. influx

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	influx	influxul		influxuri	influxurile
genitive-dative	influx	influxului		influxuri	influxurilor
vocative	influxule			influxurilor