alluvium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin alluvio (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Noun[edit]
alluvium (plural alluviums or alluvia)
- soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
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Translations[edit]
deposited material
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈlu.u̯i.um/, [älˈlʲuː̯iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈlu.vi.um/, [älˈluːvium]
Adjective[edit]
alluvium
- inflection of alluvius:
References[edit]
- alluvium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)