noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alluvion, alluvial deposit
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“deposited by a river”), from Latin alluviō (“washing upon, overflowing”). See also al-.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
طَمْي
(ṭamy)
— deposited material
Arabic:
إِبْلِيز
(ʔiblīz)
— deposited material
Armenian:
բերուկ
(beruk)
— deposited material
Bulgarian:
нано́с
(nanós)
— deposited material
Catalan:
al·luvió
— deposited material
Cherokee:
ᏩᎵᏃᎯᏯᏍᎬ
(walinohiyasgv)
— deposited material
Chinese Mandarin:
沖積層 /冲积层
(chōngjīcéng)
— deposited material
Czech:
naplavenina
— deposited material
Dutch:
alluvium
— deposited material
Esperanto:
aluvio
— deposited material
Estonian:
jõesete
— deposited material
Estonian:
uhtsete
— deposited material
Finnish:
alluviumi
— deposited material
Finnish:
alluuvi
— deposited material
French:
alluvion
— deposited material
German:
Alluvium
— deposited material
German:
Alluvialboden
— deposited material
German:
Anschwemmungsboden
— deposited material
German:
Anschwemmung
— deposited material
German:
Schwemmland
— deposited material
German:
Schwemmlandboden
— deposited material
Hindi:
जलोढ़क
(jaloṛhak)
— deposited material
Hungarian:
hordalék
— deposited material
Indonesian:
aluvium
— deposited material
Irish:
tuiltreach
— deposited material
Irish:
glár
— deposited material
Japanese:
沖積層
(chūsekisō)
— deposited material
Korean:
충적층
(chungjeokcheung)
— deposited material
Macedonian:
на́нос
(nános)
— deposited material
Malayalam:
സൈകതം
(saikataṁ)
— deposited material
Malayalam:
മണൽതിട്ട
(maṇaltiṭṭa)
— deposited material
Māori:
parahua
— deposited material
Māori:
kotae
— deposited material
Māori:
kotau
— deposited material
Māori:
kenepuru
— deposited material
Persian:
آبرفت
(âbroft)
— deposited material
Polish:
aluwium
— deposited material
Portuguese:
aluvião
— deposited material
Portuguese:
alúvio
— deposited material
Russian:
аллю́вий
(alljúvij)
— deposited material
Russian:
нано́с
(nanós)
— deposited material
Serbo-Croatian:
а̀лӯвиј
— deposited material
Serbo-Croatian:
а̀лӯвија
— deposited material
Serbo-Croatian:
àlūvij
— deposited material
Serbo-Croatian:
àlūvija
— deposited material
Spanish:
aluvión
— deposited material
Swedish:
alluvialavlagring
— deposited material
Swedish:
alluvium
— deposited material
Tamil:
ஆற்றுவண்டல்
(āṟṟuvaṇṭal)
— deposited material
