flume
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fluːm/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːm
Noun edit
flume (plural flumes)
- A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
open channel
Verb edit
flume (third-person singular simple present flumes, present participle fluming, simple past and past participle flumed)
- (transitive) To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flume m
- Alternative form of frume
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese flume, frume (“river”), from Latin flūmen (“river”), from fluere (“to flow”).
Cognate with English flume, Italian fiume and Occitan flume.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: flu‧me
Noun edit
flume m (plural flumes)