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English
Etymology
From Latin dīluvium (“flood”), from lavō (“I wash”). Doublet of deluge.
Noun
diluvium (plural diluviums or diluvia)
- An inundation or flood; a deluge.
- (geology) A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.
References
- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 126
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin diluvium.
Pronunciation
Noun
diluvium m (plural diluviums)
- (geology, obsolete) diluvium
- Synonym: diluvion
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin dīluvium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈlu.vjum/
- Rhymes: -uvjum
- Hyphenation: di‧lù‧vium
Noun
diluvium m (uncountable)
- (geology) diluvium
- Synonym: (rare) diluvio
- (geology) Synonym of pleistocene
Further reading
- diluvium in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- diluvium in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Latin
Etymology
From dīluō (“I wash away”) + -ium, from dis- + lavō (“I wash”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dīluvium n (genitive dīluviī or dīluvī); second declension
- a flood
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “diluvium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diluvium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers