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affluent
English
Etymology
Middle French affluent, from Latin affluentem, accusative singular of afflu?ns, present active participle of afflu? (“flow to or towards; overflow with”), from ad (“to, towards”) + flu? (“flow”) (cognate via latter to fluid, flow). Sense of “wealthy” (plentiful flow of goods) c. 1600, which also led to nominalization affluence.
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- IPA(key): /?æf.lu.?nt/
- (US)
- enPR: ?f'lo?o-?nt, IPA(key): /?æflu??nt/
- enPR: ?-flo?o'?nt, ?-flo?o'?nt, IPA(key): /æ?flu??nt/, /??flu??nt/
- Although the pronunciation with second-syllable stress does occur in educated U.S. usage, it is appreciably less common than the pronunciation with first-syllable stress and is regarded as unacceptable by many American speakers.
Noun
affluent (plural affluents)
- Somebody who is wealthy.
- 1994, Philip D. Cooper, Health care marketing: a foundation for managed quality (page 183)
- The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.
- 1994, Philip D. Cooper, Health care marketing: a foundation for managed quality (page 183)
- A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:moneybags
Translations
Adjective
affluent (comparative more affluent, superlative most affluent)
- Abundant; copious; plenteous.
- (by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
- They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.
- The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
- (dated) Tributary.
- (obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
- 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
- affluent blood
- 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:wealthy
Antonyms
- indigent
Derived terms
- affluence
- affluently
Translations
References
French
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fly.??/
Adjective
affluent (feminine singular affluente, masculine plural affluents, feminine plural affluentes)
- tributary
Noun
affluent m (plural affluents)
- tributary; affluent
Related terms
- affluence
- affluer
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fly/
Verb
affluent
- third-person plural present indicative of affluer
- third-person plural present subjunctive of affluer
Further reading
- “affluent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
affluent
- third-person plural future active indicative of afflu?
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costly
English
Etymology
From Middle English costly, costely, costeley, equivalent to cost +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?st.li/
Adjective
costly (comparative costlier, superlative costliest)
- Of high cost; expensive.
- a costly activity
- a costly error
Antonyms
- costlessly
Translations
Anagrams
- octyls
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