alluvium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“deposited by a river”), from Latin alluviō (“washing upon, overflowing”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (US): (file)
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 Latin) 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)
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