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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfləʊ̯/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfləʊ̯]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈflɵʊ̯/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈflɵ̞ʊ̯]
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈfloʊ̯/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈfloʊ̯]
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈflɔʊ̯/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈflɔʊ̯]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈfləʉ̯/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈfləʉ̯]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈflɘʉ̯/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈflɘ̞ʉ̯]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈflɐʉ̯/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈflɐ̝ʉ̯]
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• homophone: floe
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• homophone: Flo
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• CMU ARPABET: F L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English flowe, from the verb (see below). The psychology sense “state of focus” was coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1975.

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse flói (“a large bay, firth”), see floe. Compare Scots flow (“peat-bog, marsh”), Icelandic flói (“marshy ground”).

From Middle English flowen, from Old English flōwan (“to flow”), from Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic *flōaną (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plōw-, lengthened o-grade form of *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian flouje (“to flow”), West Frisian floeie (“to flow”), Dutch vloeien (“to flow”), Norwegian flo (“to flow”). Compare also English float. Not cognate with Latin fluō despite similarity.

342 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rrjedhje — the movement of a fluid
• Southern Altai: агыш (agïš) — the movement of a fluid
• Arabic: تَدَفُّق (tadaffuq) — the movement of a fluid
• Armenian: հոսք (hoskʻ) — the movement of a fluid
• Armenian: հոսանք (hosankʻ) — the movement of a fluid
• Asturian: fluxu — the movement of a fluid
• Basque: etorri — the movement of a fluid
• Belarusian: цячэ́нне (cjačénnje) — the movement of a fluid
• Belarusian: плынь (plynʹ) — the movement of a fluid
• Belarusian: пато́к (patók) — the movement of a fluid
• Blackfoot: áwa'kimsska — the movement of a fluid
• Breton: beradur — the movement of a fluid
• Bulgarian: тече́ние (tečénie) — the movement of a fluid
• Bulgarian: пото́к (potók) — the movement of a fluid
• Catalan: flux — the movement of a fluid
• Chinese Mandarin: 流 (liú) — the movement of a fluid
• Chuvash: юх (juh) — the movement of a fluid
• Czech: tok — the movement of a fluid
• Czech: proudění — the movement of a fluid
• Danish: strøm — the movement of a fluid
• Dutch: stroom — the movement of a fluid
• Esperanto: fluo — the movement of a fluid
• Esperanto: alfluo — the movement of a fluid
• Estonian: vool — the movement of a fluid
• Finnish: virtaus — the movement of a fluid
• French: écoulement — the movement of a fluid
• French: flux — the movement of a fluid
• Galician: fluxo — the movement of a fluid
• Georgian: დინება (dineba) — the movement of a fluid
• Georgian: დენა (dena) — the movement of a fluid
• German: Fluss — the movement of a fluid
• Greek: ροή (roḯ) — the movement of a fluid
• Ancient Greek: ῥεῦμα (rheûma) — the movement of a fluid
• Ancient Greek: ῥοία (rhoía) — the movement of a fluid
• Hindi: प्रवाह (pravāh) — the movement of a fluid
• Hindi: बहाव (bahāv) — the movement of a fluid
• Hungarian: áramlás — the movement of a fluid
• Indonesian: alir — the movement of a fluid
• Irish: sreabh — the movement of a fluid
• Irish: sileadh — the movement of a fluid
• Italian: flusso — the movement of a fluid
• Italian: colata — the movement of a fluid
• Italian: scorrimento — the movement of a fluid
• Japanese: 流れ (nagare) — the movement of a fluid
• Karachay-Balkar: агъым (ağım) — the movement of a fluid
• Kashubian: cec — the movement of a fluid
• Korean: 흐름 (heureum) — the movement of a fluid
• Latgalian: tekme — the movement of a fluid
• Latin: fluxus — the movement of a fluid
• Latvian: plūsma — the movement of a fluid
• Luhya: omuhula — the movement of a fluid
• Macedonian: тек (tek) — the movement of a fluid
• Macedonian: тече́ние (tečénie) — the movement of a fluid
• Marathi: वाहने (vāhne) — the movement of a fluid
• Mongolian: урсгал (ursgal) — the movement of a fluid
• Norwegian Bokmål: flom — the movement of a fluid
• Norwegian Bokmål: strøm — the movement of a fluid
• Plautdietsch: Fluss — the movement of a fluid
• Polish: przepływ — the movement of a fluid
• Portuguese: fluxo — the movement of a fluid
• Portuguese: escoamento — the movement of a fluid
• Portuguese: caudal — the movement of a fluid
• Romanian: curgere — the movement of a fluid
• Russian: тече́ние (tečénije) — the movement of a fluid
• Russian: пото́к (potók) — the movement of a fluid
• Sanskrit: रेतस् (retas) — the movement of a fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: то̑к — the movement of a fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: тѐче̄ње — the movement of a fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: tȏk — the movement of a fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: tèčēnje — the movement of a fluid
• Sicilian: flussu — the movement of a fluid
• Slovak: prúd — the movement of a fluid
• Slovak: tok — the movement of a fluid
• Slovene: tok — the movement of a fluid
• Spanish: flujo — the movement of a fluid
• Sundanese: kucur — the movement of a fluid
• Swahili: mkondo — the movement of a fluid
• Swedish: ström — the movement of a fluid
• Swedish: flöde — the movement of a fluid
• Tamil: ஓட்டம் (ōṭṭam) — the movement of a fluid
• Tatar: агыш (ağış) — the movement of a fluid
• Telugu: ప్రవాహము (pravāhamu) — the movement of a fluid
• Turkish: akış — the movement of a fluid
• Turkish: seyelan — the movement of a fluid
• Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (seyelân) — the movement of a fluid
• Ukrainian: течі́я (tečíja) — the movement of a fluid
• Ukrainian: те́ча (téča) — the movement of a fluid
• Ukrainian: плин (plyn) — the movement of a fluid
• Ukrainian: плив (plyv) — the movement of a fluid
• Ukrainian: поті́к (potík) — the movement of a fluid
• Ukrainian: струм (strum) — the movement of a fluid
• Uzbek: oqim — the movement of a fluid
• Vietnamese: dòng chảy — the movement of a fluid
• Armenian: մակընթացություն (makəntʻacʻutʻyun) — the rising movement of the tide
• Asturian: fluxu — the rising movement of the tide
• Breton: lanv — the rising movement of the tide
• Bulgarian: прили́в (prilív) — the rising movement of the tide
• Catalan: flux — the rising movement of the tide
• Czech: příliv — the rising movement of the tide
• Danish: flod — the rising movement of the tide
• Dutch: vloed — the rising movement of the tide
• Esperanto: alfluo — the rising movement of the tide
• Estonian: tõus — the rising movement of the tide
• Finnish: vuoksi — the rising movement of the tide
• Finnish: nousuvesi — the rising movement of the tide
• French: flux — the rising movement of the tide
• German: Flut — the rising movement of the tide
• Greek: πλημμυρίδα (plimmyrída) — the rising movement of the tide
• Hungarian: ár — the rising movement of the tide
• Hungarian: áradás — the rising movement of the tide
• Hungarian: dagály — the rising movement of the tide
• Italian: riflusso — the rising movement of the tide
• Italian: flusso — the rising movement of the tide
• Macedonian: при́лив (príliv) — the rising movement of the tide
• Norman: fllot — the rising movement of the tide
• Norwegian: flo — the rising movement of the tide
• Polish: przypływ — the rising movement of the tide
• Portuguese: fluxo da maré — the rising movement of the tide
• Romanian: flux — the rising movement of the tide
• Russian: прили́в (prilív) — the rising movement of the tide
• Scottish Gaelic: lìonadh — the rising movement of the tide
• Slovak: príliv — the rising movement of the tide
• Spanish: flujo — the rising movement of the tide
• Swahili: mkondo — the rising movement of the tide
• Tamil: ஓதம் (ōtam) — the rising movement of the tide
• Turkish: met — the rising movement of the tide
• Albanian: rrjedhë — smoothness or continuity
• Bulgarian: плавност (plavnost) — smoothness or continuity
• Catalan: flux — smoothness or continuity
• Dutch: afronding — smoothness or continuity
• Dutch: ronding — smoothness or continuity
• Estonian: sujuvus — smoothness or continuity
• Estonian: ladusus — smoothness or continuity
• Italian: fluidità — smoothness or continuity
• Portuguese: fluidez — smoothness or continuity
• Russian: пла́вность (plávnostʹ) — smoothness or continuity
• Spanish: flujo — smoothness or continuity
• Swahili: mkondo — smoothness or continuity
• Tamil: தொடர் (toṭar) — smoothness or continuity
• Uzbek: yurum — smoothness or continuity
• Bulgarian: дебит (debit) — rate of fluid movement
• Catalan: cabal — rate of fluid movement
• Dutch: debiet — rate of fluid movement
• Estonian: vool — rate of fluid movement
• Finnish: virtaama — rate of fluid movement
• Finnish: virtaus — rate of fluid movement
• Greek: παροχή (parochí) — rate of fluid movement
• Indonesian: aliran — rate of fluid movement
• Indonesian: debit — rate of fluid movement
• Italian: flusso — rate of fluid movement
• Macedonian: про́ток (prótok) — rate of fluid movement
• Polish: przepływ — rate of fluid movement
• Portuguese: fluxo — rate of fluid movement
• Portuguese: caudal — rate of fluid movement
• Spanish: caudal — rate of fluid movement
• Tamil: ஓட்டம் (ōṭṭam) — rate of fluid movement
• Dutch: een zijn met — being at one with
• Finnish: ykseys — being at one with
• German: Tätigkeitsrausch — being at one with
• Greek: είμαι ένα με (eímai éna me) — being at one with
• Russian: вовлечённость (vovlečónnostʹ) — being at one with
• Tamil: -ஓடு (-ōṭu) — being at one with
• Tamil: ஒன்றாக (oṉṟāka) — being at one with
• Acehnese: ile — to move as a fluid
• Afrikaans: vloei — to move as a fluid
• Afrikaans: stroom — to move as a fluid
• Afrikaans: loop — to move as a fluid
• Aklanon: ilog — to move as a fluid
• Aklanon: sueog — to move as a fluid
• Albanian: rrjedh — to move as a fluid
• Southern Altai: агар (agar) — to move as a fluid
• Amharic: ተትረፈረፈ (täträfäräfä) — to move as a fluid
• Andi: чвахуниду (čwaxunidu) — to move as a fluid
• Arabic: تَدَفَّقَ (tadaffaqa) — to move as a fluid
• Arabic: سَالَ (sāla) — to move as a fluid
• Armenian: հոսել (hosel) — to move as a fluid
• Aromanian: cur — to move as a fluid
• Assamese: বোৱা (büa) — to move as a fluid
• Assamese: বৈ যোৱা (boi züa) — to move as a fluid
• Asturian: afluyir — to move as a fluid
• Asturian: afluir — to move as a fluid
• Avar: чвахизе (čwaxize) — to move as a fluid
• Azerbaijani: axmaq — to move as a fluid
• Bashkir: ағыу (ağıw) — to move as a fluid
• Belarusian: цячы́ (cjačý) — to move as a fluid
• Bengali: প্রবাহিত হওয়া (probahito hōẇa) — to move as a fluid
• Breton: deverañ — to move as a fluid
• Breton: berañ — to move as a fluid
• Bulgarian: тека (teka) — to move as a fluid
• Bulgarian: лея се (leja se) — to move as a fluid
• Burmese: စီး (ci:) — to move as a fluid
• Catalan: fluir — to move as a fluid
• Chinese Cantonese: 流 (lau4) — to move as a fluid
• Chinese Mandarin: 流 (liú) — to move as a fluid
• Choctaw: yʋnʋlli — to move as a fluid
• Cornish: frosa — to move as a fluid
• Czech: téct — to move as a fluid
• Czech: proudit — to move as a fluid
• Danish: strømme — to move as a fluid
• Dutch: vloeien — to move as a fluid
• Dutch: stromen — to move as a fluid
• Esperanto: flui — to move as a fluid
• Estonian: voolama — to move as a fluid
• Even: эендэй (əjendəj) — to move as a fluid
• Evenki: эендеми (əjenʒemi) — to move as a fluid
• Extremaduran: correl — to move as a fluid
• Faroese: floyma — to move as a fluid
• Faroese: streyma — to move as a fluid
• Faroese: renna — to move as a fluid
• Fijian: kui — to move as a fluid
• Fijian: sali — to move as a fluid
• Finnish: virrata — to move as a fluid
• French: couler — to move as a fluid
• Friulian: scori — to move as a fluid
• Galician: fluír — to move as a fluid
• Georgian: დინება (dineba) — to move as a fluid
• Georgian: დენა (dena) — to move as a fluid
• German: fließen — to move as a fluid
• German: rinnen — to move as a fluid
• Greek: ρέω (réo) — to move as a fluid
• Greek: κυλώ (kyló) — to move as a fluid
• Ancient Greek: ῥέω (rhéō) — to move as a fluid
• Hawaiian: kahe — to move as a fluid
• Hebrew: זרם (zarám) — to move as a fluid
• Hindi: बहना (bahnā) — to move as a fluid
• Hungarian: folyik — to move as a fluid
• Icelandic: renna — to move as a fluid
• Icelandic: streyma — to move as a fluid
• Icelandic: flæða — to move as a fluid
• Ido: fluar — to move as a fluid
• Indonesian: alur — to move as a fluid
• Indonesian: alir — to move as a fluid
• Indonesian: salur — to move as a fluid
• Indonesian: salir — to move as a fluid
• Ingrian: vallua — to move as a fluid
• Ingrian: virrata — to move as a fluid
• Interlingua: fluer — to move as a fluid
• Irish: sreabh — to move as a fluid
• Irish: snigh — to move as a fluid
• Old Irish: snigid — to move as a fluid
• Italian: fluire — to move as a fluid
• Italian: scorrere — to move as a fluid
• Japanese: 流れる (nagareru) — to move as a fluid
• Javanese: kocor — to move as a fluid
• Javanese: mili — to move as a fluid
• Old Javanese: ili — to move as a fluid
• Khmer: ហូរ (hoa) — to move as a fluid
• Korean: 흐르다 (heureuda) — to move as a fluid
• Lao: ໄຫຼ (lai) — to move as a fluid
• Latin: fluō — to move as a fluid
• Lithuanian: bė́gti — to move as a fluid
• Lithuanian: tekė́ti — to move as a fluid
• Lü: ᦺᦜ (l̇ay) — to move as a fluid
• Luxembourgish: fléissen — to move as a fluid
• Malay: الور — to move as a fluid
• Malay: الير — to move as a fluid
• Malay: سالور — to move as a fluid
• Malay: سالير — to move as a fluid
• Malay: alur — to move as a fluid
• Malay: alir — to move as a fluid
• Malay: salur — to move as a fluid
• Malay: salir — to move as a fluid
• Manchu: ᡝᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (eyembi) — to move as a fluid
• Manx: sheel — to move as a fluid
• Māori: tahe — to move as a fluid
• Māori: pūheke — to move as a fluid
• Marathi: वाहने (vāhne) — to move as a fluid
• Marshallese: ae — to move as a fluid
• Mongolian: цутгах (cutgax) — to move as a fluid
• Nanai: хэе- (heje-) — to move as a fluid
• Navajo: nílį́ — to move as a fluid
• Norwegian: flomme — to move as a fluid
• Norwegian: strømme — to move as a fluid
• Norwegian: fløda — to move as a fluid
• Norwegian: fløyma — to move as a fluid
• Church Slavic: тещи (tešti) — to move as a fluid
• Old East Slavic: течи (teči) — to move as a fluid
• Polish: płynąć — to move as a fluid
• Polish: przepływać — to move as a fluid
• Polish: ciec — to move as a fluid
• Portuguese: fluir — to move as a fluid
• Rarotongan: ta‘e — to move as a fluid
• Romanian: curge — to move as a fluid
• Romansh: fluir — to move as a fluid
• Russian: течь (tečʹ) — to move as a fluid
• Russian: струи́ться (struítʹsja) — to move as a fluid
• Samoan: tafe — to move as a fluid
• Sanskrit: स्रवति (sravati) — to move as a fluid
• Sanskrit: प्रवहति (pravahati) — to move as a fluid
• Scottish Gaelic: sruth — to move as a fluid
• Scottish Gaelic: sil — to move as a fluid
• Scottish Gaelic: ruith — to move as a fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: teći — to move as a fluid
• Serbo-Croatian: тећи — to move as a fluid
• Shan: လႆ (lǎi) — to move as a fluid
• Sinhalese: ගලා යාම (galā yāma) — to move as a fluid
• Slovak: tiecť — to move as a fluid
• Slovene: teči — to move as a fluid
• Lower Sorbian: běžaś — to move as a fluid
• Spanish: fluir — to move as a fluid
• Sundanese: kucur — to move as a fluid
• Swedish: strömma — to move as a fluid
• Swedish: flyta — to move as a fluid
• Tabaru: uisi — to move as a fluid
• Tahitian: tahe — to move as a fluid
• Tamil: ஓடு (ōṭu) — to move as a fluid
• Telugu: ప్రవహించు (pravahiñcu) — to move as a fluid
• Telugu: పారు (pāru) — to move as a fluid
• Tetum: suli — to move as a fluid
• Thai: ไหล (lǎi) — to move as a fluid
• Tooro: -gera — to move as a fluid
• Turkish: akmak — to move as a fluid
• Turkmen: акмак — to move as a fluid
• Ukrainian: текти́ (tektý) — to move as a fluid
• Urdu: بہنا (bahnā) — to move as a fluid
• Uzbek: оқмоқ (oqmoq) — to move as a fluid
• Venetan: scórare — to move as a fluid
• Vietnamese: chảy — to move as a fluid
• Volapük: flumön — to move as a fluid
• Walloon: cori — to move as a fluid
• Welsh: llifo — to move as a fluid
• Yiddish: פֿליסן (flisn) — to move as a fluid
• Zealandic: stroôme — to move as a fluid
• Zulu: goboza — to move as a fluid
• Afrikaans: vloei — to move smoothly
• Bulgarian: тека (teka) — to move smoothly
• Finnish: sujua — to move smoothly
• Finnish: soljua — to move smoothly
• Finnish: lipua — to move smoothly
• Greek: ρέω (réo) — to move smoothly
• Greek: κυλώ (kyló) — to move smoothly
• Italian: scorrere — to move smoothly
• Māori: tuanaki — to move smoothly
• Māori: kaunuku — to move smoothly
• Bulgarian: приливам (prilivam) — to come in as the tide
• Bulgarian: прилея (prileja) — to come in as the tide
• Italian: rifluire — to come in as the tide
• Māori: pākato — to come in as the tide
• Māori: pari — to come in as the tide
• Māori: heru — to come in as the tide
• Māori: kato — to come in as the tide
• Marshallese: ibwij — to come in as the tide