affluent

Etymology
, borrowed in turn from, accusative singular of , present active participle of , from +  (cognate via latter to , ). Sense of “wealthy” (plentiful flow of goods) c. 1600, which also led to nominalization.

Pronunciation



 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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

 * 1) Somebody who is wealthy.
 * 2) A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
 * 1) A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:moneybags

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: velhaver
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: имотник, богаташ
 * Norwegian: velstående
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: имућник, богаташ
 * Roman: imućnik,
 * Spanish: ricachón
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Abundant; copious; plenteous.
 * 2)  Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
 * They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.
 * The is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
 * 1)  Tributary.
 * 2)  Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
 * 1)  Tributary.
 * 2)  Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:wealthy

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: обилен
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, öveflödande
 * Ukrainian: значни́й, рясни́й


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: affluens
 * Macedonian: имашен, имотен
 * Maori: houkura
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, dobrostoći
 * Cyrillic: имућан
 * Roman: imućan
 * Slovene:, premožen
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tocharian B: ekaññetstse
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: замо́жний


 * Bulgarian: влива́щ се
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1) tributary

Noun

 * 1) tributary;