Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluminous

/ˈfluːmɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flu-mi-nous
IPA: /ˈfluːmɪnəs/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

flowing, fluent (of rivers)

Example Sentences

"‘By God, you speak our British language, as we must now call it since the new naming of our kingdom, with a fine accent and fluminous smoothness,’ Dick Burbage said."

Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin flūmen, flūminis + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: flūmen
Suffix: ous

Synonyms

onrushing streaming

Questions

How do you pronounce fluminous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfluːmɪnəs/.
What does fluminous mean?: flowing, fluent (of rivers)
Where does fluminous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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