alluvium
alluvium · alluviums · alluvia
аллювий, нанос
Alluvium, Alluvialboden, Anschwemmungsboden, Anschwemmung
Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed,…Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
US/ˌælˈuviəm/
Meaning
1 sensesSoil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
Alluvium, Alluvialboden, Anschwemmungsboden
аллю́вийalljúvij, нано́сnanós
clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Translations
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Origin
From Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“dFrom Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“deposited by a river”), from Latin alluviō (“washing upon, overflowing”). See also al-.
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Forms
plural: alluviums / alluviaSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down:alluvial sedimentalluvial depositalluvion
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedalluvial
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular