noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈflʌdˌpleɪn/
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CMU ARPABET:F L AH1 D P L EY2 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
Examples
Near-synonyms: bottomland, bottomlands
tidal floodplain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alluvial plain, bottomland, bottomlands
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flood plain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plain, field, champaign
History
Etymology
From flood + plain.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
plana d'inundació
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Chinese Mandarin:
河漫灘 /河漫滩
(hémàntān)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Cornish:
fennva
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Danish:
flodslette
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Dutch:
uiterwaard
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Finnish:
tulvatasanko
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
French:
lit majeur
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Galician:
varcia
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Georgian:
ჭალა
(č̣ala)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
German:
Flussaue
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
German:
Aue
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
German:
Au
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
German:
Überschemmungsgebiet
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Hebrew:
מִישׁוֹר הֲצָפָה
(mishór hatsafá)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Hungarian:
ártér
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Indonesian:
dataran banjir
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Italian:
golena
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Japanese:
はんらん源
(hanrangen)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Komi-Zyrian:
адз
(adź)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Korean:
범람원
(beomlam-won)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Malayalam:
ജലോഢ സമതലം
(jalōḍha samatalaṁ)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Norwegian Bokmål:
flomslette
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Persian:
دشت سیلابی
(dašt-e seylâbi)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Polish:
terasa zalewowa
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Polish:
równina zalewowa
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Polish:
taras zalewowy
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Polish:
obszar zalewowy
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Portuguese:
várzea
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Portuguese:
vargem
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Romanian:
luncă
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Russian:
по́йма
(pójma)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Spanish:
terreno inundable
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Spanish:
llanura aluvial inundable
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Spanish:
vega inundable
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Tagalog:
bahaing kapatagan
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Ukrainian:
запла́ва
(zapláva)
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Uzbek:
qayir
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Vietnamese:
bãi bồi
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding
Welsh:
gorlifdir
— a plain formed by the deposition of flooding