refluo

refluo

Italian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin refluus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.flwo/
    • Rhymes: -ɛflwo
    • Hyphenation: rè‧fluo

    Adjective

    refluo (feminine reflua, masculine plural reflui, feminine plural reflue)

    1. refluent

    References

    • refluo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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    Latin

    Etymology

      From re- (back) + fluō (flow).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      refluō (present infinitive refluere, perfect active reflūxī, supine reflūxum); third conjugation, no passive

      1. (intransitive) to flow or run back or off; ebb; overflow

      Conjugation

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • Catalan: refluir
      • English: reflow, reflux
      • French: refluer
      • Italian: rifluire
      • Portuguese: refluir
      • Spanish: refluir

      References

      • refluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • refluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • refluo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.