flume
English
Etymology
From Middle English flum, borrowed from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fluːm/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːm
Noun
flume (plural flumes)
- A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
- An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.
Translations
open channel
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Old Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflu.me/
Noun
flume m
- Alternative form of frume
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- flúmen
Etymology
From Old Portuguese flume, frume (“river”), from Latin flūmen (“river”), from fluere (“to flow”).
Cognate with English flume, Italian fiume and Occitan flume.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈflu.mɨ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈflu.mi/
- Hyphenation: flu‧me
Noun
flume m (plural flumes)
- (obsolete or poetic) river
Synonyms
- rio