torrent

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
2. (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.

Adj

Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

Verb

To fall or flow in a torrent; to pour.

Verb

To download in a torrent.

Concepts

torrent

trombe

déluge

flot

pluie torrentielle

abat

averse de pluie

forte pluie

rapides

trombe d’eau

averse

🚿

courant

fleuve

inondation

inonder

Synonymes

stream

flood

deluge

downpour

spate

river

inundation

shower

🚿

waterspout

cloudburst

current

overflow

pelter

flow

gush

wave

👋

avalanche

blizzard

rapids

violent stream

surge

onslaught

soaker

tidal wave

torrential

tumbling

watercourse

violently rushing stream

falls

rushing water

jet flow

flood current

flood flow

shallows

barrage

brook

burst

cascade

downfall

freshet

ground swell

hail

heavy shower

invasion

jet stream

outpouring

profusion

rain shower

rainstorm

rash

Traductions

torrente

torrente

stroom

torrent

vloed

Strom

bergstroom

χείμαρρος

Sturzbach

torrente

diluvio

Sturzflut

Schwall

raudal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɒɹ.ənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”).