affluence

/ˈæfluːəns/A-floo-uhns
/ˈæfluəns/A-floo-uhns

Meaningabundance

Common meaning: wealth and abundance

Journey through time

  1. Latinaffluentia‘abundance’source
  2. Frenchaffluencesource
  3. Englishaffluence‘wealth and abundance’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin affluentia ‘abundance’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry AFFLUENCE, p. 8 · dictionary scan

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