Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsoil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
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nounclay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
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Origin
- Latinalluviō“washing upon, overflowing”
- Medieval Latinalluvium“matter deposited by flowing water”
- Englishalluvium
From 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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Arabic طَمْي, إِبْلِيز
- طَمْي (ṭamy)deposited material
- إِبْلِيز (ʔiblīz)deposited material
Bulgarian нано́с
- нано́с (nanós)deposited material
Catalan al·luvió
- al·luviódeposited material
Chinese Mandarin 沖積層 /冲积层
- 沖積層 /冲积层 (chōngjīcéng)deposited material
Czech naplavenina
- naplaveninadeposited material
Dutch alluvium
- alluviumdeposited material
Esperanto aluvio
- aluviodeposited material
Estonian jõesete, uhtsete
- jõesetedeposited material
- uhtsetedeposited material
Finnish alluviumi, alluuvi
- alluviumideposited material
- alluuvideposited material
French alluvion
- alluviondeposited material
German Alluvium, Alluvialboden
- Alluviumdeposited material
- Alluvialbodendeposited material
- Anschwemmungsbodendeposited material
- Anschwemmungdeposited material
- Schwemmlanddeposited material
- Schwemmlandbodendeposited material
Hindi जलोढ़क
- जलोढ़क (jaloṛhak)deposited material
Hungarian hordalék
- hordalékdeposited material
Indonesian aluvium
- aluviumdeposited material
Irish tuiltreach, glár
- tuiltreachdeposited material
- glárdeposited material
Japanese 沖積層
- 沖積層 (chūsekisō)deposited material
Korean 충적층
- 충적층 (chungjeokcheung)deposited material
Māori parahua, kotae
- parahuadeposited material
- kotaedeposited material
- kotaudeposited material
- kenepurudeposited material
Persian آبرفت
- آبرفت (âbroft)deposited material
Polish aluwium
- aluwiumdeposited material
Portuguese aluvião, alúvio
- aluviãodeposited material
- alúviodeposited material
Russian аллю́вий, нано́с
- аллю́вий (alljúvij)deposited material
- нано́с (nanós)deposited material
Spanish aluvión
- aluvióndeposited material
Swedish alluvialavlagring, alluvium
- alluvialavlagringdeposited material
- alluviumdeposited material
Tamil ஆற்றுவண்டல்
- ஆற்றுவண்டல் (āṟṟuvaṇṭal)deposited material
Vietnamese bồi tích, trầm tích phù sa
- bồi tíchdeposited material
- trầm tích phù sadeposited material
- trầm tích sôngdeposited material
Welsh llifwaddod
- llifwaddoddeposited material
Cite this entry
alluvium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alluvium
“alluvium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alluvium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alluvium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alluvium.
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