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affluent

Pronunciation: /ˈæf.lu.ənt/

The English word “affluent” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Someone who is wealthy.
  2. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

adjective

  1. Abundant; copious; plenteous.
  2. Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
  3. Tributary.
  4. Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French affluent, borrowed in turn from Latin affluentem, accusative singular of affluēns, present active participle of affluō (“flow to or towards; overflow with”), from ad (“to, towards”) + fluō (“flow”) (cognate via latter to fluid, flow). Sense of “wealthy” (plentiful flow of goods) c. 1600, which also led to nominalization affluence. By surface analysis, af- + fluent.

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