affluence

English

Etymology

From Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia

Only relation to antonym indigence is common Latinate suffix; affluence only acquired sense of wealth in 16th century English and French, while indigent meant “poor” in Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæf.lu.əns/

Noun

affluence (countable and uncountable, plural affluences)

1. (obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
2. An abundance of wealth.

   His affluence was surpassed by no man.

3. A moderate level of wealth.

   They had achieved affluence, but aspired to true wealth.

4. An influx.

Synonyms

• richdom
• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Antonyms

• See also Thesaurus:poverty
• indigence

Derived terms

• affluenza

Related terms

• affluent

Translations

abundance of wealth

• Bulgarian: богатство (bg) (bogatstvo), охолство (bg) (oholstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 富裕 (zh) (fùyù), 富足 (zh) (fùzú)

• Dutch: rijkdom (nl)
• Finnish: rikkaus (fi)
• French: opulence (fr)
• German: Überfluss (de) m, Reichtum (de) m
• Greek: ευμάρεια (el) f (evmáreia)
• Hindi: अमीर (hi) (ameer)
• Interlingue: afluentie, opulentie, richesse

• Italian: ricchezza (it) f, opulenza (it) f, abbondanza (it) f
• Japanese: 裕福 (ja) (yūfuku)
• Maori: houkuratanga
• Polish: dostatek (pl) m, bogactwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: afluência (pt) f
• Russian: изоби́лие (ru) n (izobílije), бога́тство (ru) n (bogátstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏мӯћно̄ст f, ȉmūćnōst (sh) f
• Spanish: abundancia (es) f, afluencia (es) f, prosperidad (es) f
• Turkish: varlıklılık (tr), varsıllık (tr), zenginlik (tr)

moderate level of wealth

• Finnish: varakkuus (fi)
• German: Wohlstand (de) m

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French

Noun

affluence f (plural affluences)

1. crowds
2. abundance

Derived terms

• heure d'affluence

Related terms

• affluer

Further reading

• “affluence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).