overflow

English

Etymology

From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- +‎ flow.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation)
- (noun): enPR: ōʹvə-flō, IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/
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- (verb): enPR: ō-və-flōʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/
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(General American)
- (noun): enPR: ōʹvər-flō, IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvɚˌfloʊ/
- (verb): enPR: ō-vər-flōʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊ/
Rhymes: -əʊ (verb)

Noun

overflow (countable and uncountable, plural overflows)

The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
Outlet for escape of excess material.
(computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.

Derived terms

overflow hole

Translations

spillage

Armenian: արտահոսք (hy) (artahoskʿ), գերհոսք (gerhoskʿ)
Finnish: ylivuoto
French: débordement (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: υπερχείλιση (el) f (ypercheílisi), ξεχείλισμα (el) n (xecheílisma)
Italian: straripamento (it), eccesso (it) m, eccedenza (it) f
Kapampangan: manyampukaki
Kazakh: аса толтыру (asa toltyru)
Latin: alluviō f
Malay: limpahan
Polish: nadmiar (pl)
Portuguese: transbordo m, transbordamento m
Romanian: revărsare (ro) f
Russian: переполне́ние (ru) n (perepolnénije), перели́в (ru) m (perelív), избы́ток (ru) m (izbýtok) (excess)
Spanish: desbordamiento (es) m
Tagalog: pag-apaw

outlet

Armenian: ջրաթափ (hy) (ǰratʿapʿ), հեղուկաթափ անցք (hełukatʿapʿ ancʿkʿ)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: υπερχείλιση (el) f (ypercheílisi)
Italian: sfogo (it) m, uscita (it) f
Polish: przelew (pl) m, odpływ (pl) m
Portuguese: ladrão (pt) m
Spanish: aliviadero (es) m, escape (es) m

computing: situation where a value exceeds the available range

Czech: přetečení n
Greek: υπερχείλιση (el) f (ypercheílisi)
Italian: overflow (it) m
Lithuanian: perpildymas m
Polish: przepełnienie n
Portuguese: overflow m, transbordamento m

Verb

overflow (third-person singular simple present overflows, present participle overflowing, simple past overflowed, past participle overflowed or (US, proscribed) overflown)

(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
The river overflowed the levee.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Chronicles 12:15:
  Theſe are they that went ouer Ioꝛden in the firſt moneth, when it had ouerflowen all his* bankes, and they put to flight all them of the valleis, both toward the Eaſt, and toward the Weſt.
- 1965 January 1, “General Summary of River and Flood Conditions-Continued”, in Climatological Data: National Summary‎, volume 16, number 1, Asheville, NC: United States Weather Bureau, page 265:
  Locally heavy rains on the 21st caused more than 2 feet of overflow on Salt Creek at Ashland, Nebr., on the 22d. Some county roads were inundated. Mill Creek which flows into the Platte River at Louisville, Nebr., overflowed its banks from the heavy rain.
(transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
  So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water […]
(transitive) To cause an overflow. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.
(intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.
1. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
  Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte.
(intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound.
- 1857, Eustace Rogers Conder, Josiah Conder: A Memoir
  I see and feel that I want the first requisite — a heart overflowing with Divine love towards sinners

Derived terms

buffer overflow
full to overflowing
underflow

Translations

to fill beyond the limits of

Arabic: فَاضَ‎ (fāḍa)
Egyptian Arabic: فاض‎ (fāḍ)
Armenian: հորդել (hy) (hordel), հեղեղվել (hy) (hełełvel), ողողվել (hy) (ołołvel)
Chinese:
Cantonese: please add this translation if you can
Gan: please add this translation if you can
Hakka: please add this translation if you can
Mandarin: 溢出 (zh) (yìchū), 漫溢 (zh) (mànyì)
Min Dong: please add this translation if you can
Min Nan: please add this translation if you can
Eastern Bontoc: choron, kor-as
Esperanto: elrandiĝi
Finnish: ylitäyttää
French: déborder (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: überfließen (de), überlaufen (de)
Greek: ξεχειλίζω (el) (xecheilízo)
Hebrew: גָּלַשׁ‎ (he) (galásh), עָלָה עַל גְּדוֹתָיו‎ ('alá 'al gdotáv)
Ilocano: lupias
Italian: traboccare (it), ridondare (it), sommergere (it)
Japanese: 溢れる (ja) (あふれる, afureru) (intransitive)
Kapampangan: manyampukaki
Latin: stāgnō (la), inundō
Lubuagan Kalinga: lumay-as
Malay: limpah atas
Maori: puha, ngāekieki, renga, ngawhā (of a river), engaenga, puhake, tōrena
Norwegian:
Bokmål: renne over
Nynorsk: renne over
Portuguese: transbordar (pt)
Russian: переполня́ться (ru) impf (perepolnjátʹsja) (intransitive), переполня́ть (ru) impf (perepolnjátʹ) (transitive), перелива́ться (ru) impf (perelivátʹsja) (intransitive)
Scottish Gaelic: cuir thairis
Spanish: rebosar (es), colmar (es)
Tagalog: umapaw, apawan
Tuwali Ifugao: lakbi, habong
Uyghur: تاشماق‎ (tashmaq)
Venetian: ndar par sora (vec), simar, ẑimar, limegare

to flow over the brim or edge

Galician: botar por fóra
Latin: inundō, redundō, stāgnō (la)
Maori: puhake, pūhakehake, pūrena, kōhure, ngāekieki, kōrengarenga
Romanian: se revărsa (ro)
Russian: выходить за пределы (vyxoditʹ za predely), течь через край (tečʹ čerez kraj)
Spanish: desbordarse (es)

computing: to exceed the available numeric range

Finnish: aiheuttaa ylivuoto, ylittää rajoitus
Italian: ridondare (it)
Polish: przepełniać impf, przepełnić (pl) pf
Russian: переполня́ться (ru) (perepolnjátʹsja) (intransitive), переполня́ть (ru) (perepolnjátʹ) (transitive)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} oorloop, ^{(please verify)} oorstroom
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} تَجَاوَزَ‎ (tajāwaza)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 泛濫 (faan⁶ laam⁶)
Mandarin: 溢出 (zh) (yìchū)
Danish: ^{(please verify)} flyde over, ^{(please verify)} gå over
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} overlopen (nl), ^{(please verify)} overstromen (nl)
French: ^{(please verify)} déborder (fr), ^{(please verify)} transborder (fr), ^{(please verify)} s'épancher (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} überfließen (de), ^{(please verify)} überfluten (de), ^{(please verify)} überströmen, ^{(please verify)} überlaufen (de)
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: ^{(please verify)} debordare (it), ^{(please verify)} straripare (it)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 溢れる (ja) (afureru)
Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ^{(please verify)} ហៀរ (km) (hiə)
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} oversvømme (no)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} rebosar (es), ^{(please verify)} desbordar (es)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} översvämma (sv)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఉప్పొంగు (te) (uppoṅgu)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English overflow.

Noun

overflow m (plural overflows)

(computing) overflow (situation where a value exceeds the available range)
Synonym: transbordamento