Sintflut

Significat (Anglès)

1. (feminine) Deluge, the Great Flood.
2. (feminine, figuratively) deluge (heavy rain)
3. (feminine, figuratively) deluge (a great or overwhelming flood of anything, abstract or material)

Conceptes

inundació

diluvi

diluvi universal

Sinònims

Überschwemmung

Katastrophe

Schwall

Umsturz

Überflutung

sintflutartig

Flut

Inundation

Traduccions

déluge

diluvio

diluvio

deluge

tufan

zondvloed

flood

aluvião

dilúvio

diluvio universale

inundação

the Flood

alluvione

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈzɪn(t)ˌfluːt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de alt alemany mitjà: sinvluot

Heretat de alt alemany antic: sinfluot

Cognat amb neerlandès: zondvloed

In summary

From Middle High German sinvluot, sintvluot, from Old High German sinfluot, sintfluot, from sin- (“great, eternal”, prefix) + fluot (“flood”), whence modern German Flut. The variant Sündflut is due to association with Sünde (“sin”), as also in cognate Dutch zondvloed. The i-form was almost fully obsolete for 200 years, until it was revived in the early 19th century after the scientific study of Middle High German. During the 20th century, it re-established itself in general use.