different between aqueduct vs flume

English

Alternative forms

• aquaeduct
• aquæduct (archaic)

Etymology

Adapted from the Latin aquaeductus (“conveyance of water”), from aqua (“water”) + d?c? (“I lead”, “I bring”); compare the French aqueduc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æk.w??d?kt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æk.w??d?kt/
• (US, see note) IPA^(key): /??k.w??d?kt/

Usage notes

The newer IPA^(key): /??k-/ pronunciation (prescriptive based on the Latin etymology) has been objected to by some commentators.

Noun

aqueduct (plural aqueducts)

1. An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
2. A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.
3. (anatomy) A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /flu?m/
• Rhymes: -u?m

Noun

flume (plural flumes)

1. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
2. An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.

Translations

Verb

flume (third-person singular simple present flumes, present participle fluming, simple past and past participle flumed)

1. (transitive) To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flu.me/

Noun

flume m

1. Alternative form of frume

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• flúmen

Etymology

From Old Portuguese flume, frume (“river”), from Latin fl?men (“river”), from fluere (“to flow”).

Cognate with English flume, Italian fiume and Occitan flume.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?flu.m?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?flu.mi/
• Hyphenation: flu?me

Noun

flume m (plural flumes)

1. (obsolete or poetic) river

   Synonym: rio