deluge

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A great flood or rain.
2. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
3. A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.

Verb

1. (transitive) To flood with water.
2. (transitive) To overwhelm.

Concetti

diluvio

inondare

dilagare

inondazione

alluvione

allagamento

allagare

diluviare

diluvio universale

nubifragio

acquata

🚿

nubrifagio

invadere

scarica

valanga

profluvio

scroscio

sommergere

subisso

tempestare

torrente

acquazzone

🚿

sinonimi

flood

inundation

inundate

downpour

torrent

overflow

cloudburst

overwhelm

heavy rain

submerge

cataclysm

swamp

shower

🚿

alluvion

avalanche

drown

flooding

flood out

pelter

rain

🌧️

soaker

waterspout

plenty

precipice

diluvion

rain cats and dogs

rain shower

freshet

smother

soak

diluvium

spate

flush

flowing

the Flood

flow

mass of water

whelm

lavish

overrun

heavy shower

downfall

Traduzioni

déluge

diluvio

inonder

dilúvio

zondvloed

Sintflut

Überschwemmung

trombe

diluvi

Flut

κατακλυσμός

Wolkenbruch

κατακλύζω

inondation

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: deluge

In summary

From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.