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Noun [English]

Forms: inundations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Old French inundacion (“flood”) (French inondation), from Latin inundatio (“flood”), form of inundō (“I flood, overflow”) (English inundate). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|inundacion||flood}} Old French inundacion (“flood”), {{uder|en|la|inundatio||flood}} Latin inundatio (“flood”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inundation (countable and uncountable, plural inundations)
  1. The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of inundating): κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), فيضان (fayadan) [masculine] (Arabic), наводне́ние (navodnénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), imujki (Chamicuro), 洪水 (hóngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), zaplavení [neuter] (Czech), záplava [feminine] (Czech), inundatie [feminine] (Dutch), inondation [feminine] (French), დატბორვა (daṭborva) (Georgian), Überschwemmung [feminine] (German), Überflutung [feminine] (German), áradás (Hungarian), inondazione [feminine] (Italian), allagamento [masculine] (Italian), alluvione [masculine] (Italian), 洪水 (kōzui) (alt: こうずい) (Japanese), 홍수 (hongsu) (Korean), ēluviō [feminine] (Latin), abluvium [neuter] (Latin), далан (dalan) (Nanai), سیل (seyl) (Ottoman Turkish), طوفان (tufan) (Ottoman Turkish), سیلاب (seylâb) (Persian), Äwaschwamunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), powódź [feminine] (Polish), potop [masculine] (Polish), inundação [feminine] (Portuguese), inundare [feminine] (Romanian), inundație [feminine] (Romanian), наводне́ние (navodnénije) [neuter] (Russian), пото́п (potóp) [masculine] (Russian), inundación [feminine] (Spanish), по́вінь (póvinʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), по́відь (póvidʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), зато́плення (zatóplennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), пото́п (potóp) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-inundation-en-noun-Lx7czC8m Disambiguation of 'act of inundating': 84 15 1
  2. The state of being inundated; flooding. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inundation-en-noun-IBSwVZAy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Chamicuro translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Nanai translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 63 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 64 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 80 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 66 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 71 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 33 60 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 25 70 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 73 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Chamicuro translations: 19 76 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 74 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 73 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 25 71 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 75 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 29 67 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 77 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 77 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 77 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 70 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Nanai translations: 18 76 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 27 68 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 20 74 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 9 90 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 75 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 75 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 80 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 78 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 77 5
  3. (figurative) An overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inundation-en-noun-iCbKvBFC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inundate

Inflected forms

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          "text": "But he did not long abuse my patience, for the objects before him had now put him by all his, and, coming out with that formidable machine of his, he lets the fury loose, and pointing it directly to the pouting-lipt mouth, that bid him sweet defiance in dumb-shew, squeezes in the head, and, driving with refreshed rage, breaks in, and plugs up the whole passage of that soft pleasure-conduit, where he makes all shake again, and put, once more, all within me into such an uproar, as nothing could still but a fresh inundation from the very engine of those flames, as well as from all the springs with which nature floats that reservoir of joy, when risen to its flood-mark.",
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          "text": "There is an inundation of tourists in summer, but in winter the town is almost deserted.",
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          "english": "Fanny Hill",
          "ref": "1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "But he did not long abuse my patience, for the objects before him had now put him by all his, and, coming out with that formidable machine of his, he lets the fury loose, and pointing it directly to the pouting-lipt mouth, that bid him sweet defiance in dumb-shew, squeezes in the head, and, driving with refreshed rage, breaks in, and plugs up the whole passage of that soft pleasure-conduit, where he makes all shake again, and put, once more, all within me into such an uproar, as nothing could still but a fresh inundation from the very engine of those flames, as well as from all the springs with which nature floats that reservoir of joy, when risen to its flood-mark.",
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      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fayadan",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "فيضان"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "navodnénie",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
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      "word": "наводне́ние"
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      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "imujki"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hóngshuǐ",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "洪水"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zaplavení"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "záplava"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inundatie"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inondation"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daṭborva",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "დატბორვა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Überschwemmung"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Überflutung"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataklusmós",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κατακλυσμός"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "áradás"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inondazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "allagamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alluvione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうずい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōzui",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "洪水"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hongsu",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "홍수"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ēluviō"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "abluvium"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "gld",
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      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "далан"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "seyl",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "سیل"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tufan",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "طوفان"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "seylâb",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "word": "سیلاب"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Äwaschwamunk"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "powódź"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "potop"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inundação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inundare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inundație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navodnénije",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наводне́ние"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potóp",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пото́п"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inundación"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "póvinʹ",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́вінь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "póvidʹ",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́відь"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zatóplennja",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зато́плення"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "potóp",
      "sense": "act of inundating",
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      "word": "пото́п"
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}

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