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flumen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flu-men
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In planetary geology, any of the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin flūmenbor. English flumen Borrowed from Latin flūmen (“river”). Doublet of flume.

Inflected Forms

flumina (plural)

Questions

What does flumen mean?
In planetary geology, any of the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.
Where does flumen come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin flūmenbor. English flumen Borrowed from Latin flūmen (“river”). Doublet of flume.

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