noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɛflʌks/
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CMU ARPABET:EH1 F L AH0 K S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The process of flowing out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We all age through the efflux of time.
The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.
1988, Elizabeth Sagey, Degree of closure in complex segments, Norval Smith, Harry van der Hulst (editors), Features, Segmental Structure and Harmony Processes, Part 1, Linguistic Models 12a, page 176, The remaining effluxes are pronounced without audible velar release.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something which has flowed out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the efflux of a boil
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To run out; to flow forth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To pass away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the process of flowing out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outflow, effluence
Antonyms: influx
Broader terms: flow
History
Etymology
From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
изтичане
(iztičane)
— process of flowing out
Latin:
effluvium
— process of flowing out
Russian:
истече́ние
(istečénije)
— process of flowing out
Russian:
вытека́ние
(vytekánije)
— process of flowing out
Russian:
отто́к
(ottók)
— process of flowing out
Russian:
уте́чка
(utéčka)
— process of flowing out
Ottoman Turkish:
سیلان
(seyelân)
— process of flowing out
Bulgarian:
отток
(ottok)
— that which has flowed out
