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flume

/fluːm/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
  2. An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
  3. To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin flūmen Old French flumbor. Middle English flum English flume From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).

  1. flumen(Latin)→
  2. flum(Old French)→
  3. flum(Middle English)→
  4. flume (English)
  5. Relations: inh, der, der

Related words

flum(Middle English)flum(Old French)flumen(Latin)flume(Portuguese)

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