effluent

English

Etymology

Latin effluens, effluentis.

Adjective

effluent (not comparable)

1. Flowing out; outflowing.
   • Parnell

     Effluent beams.

Noun

effluent (plural effluents)

1. A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
2. Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.

Translations

flow of liquid waste

• Bulgarian: водосток (bg) (vodostok) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廢水 (cmn), 废水 (cmn) (fèishuǐ), 污水 (cmn) (wūshuǐ), 髒水 (cmn), 脏水 (cmn) (zāngshuǐ)

• Finnish: jätevesi (fi)
• Italian: effluente (it) m

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Latin

Verb

effluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of effluō