Word.ws English Dictionary

deluvium

deluvium is the alternative form of diluvium.

Meaning of diluvium

Noun

diluvium (countable and uncountable, plural diluviums or diluvia)

  1. An inundation or flood; a deluge.
  2. A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.

Forms of deluvium

pluraldeluviums
pluraldeluvia

Questions about deluvium

What is deluvium the alternative form of?
Deluvium is the alternative form of diluvium.

Words near deluvium in the dictionary

  1. delustres
  2. delustring
  3. deluvia
  4. deluvial
  5. deluvian
  6. deluvium
  7. deluviums
  8. deluxe
  9. deluxer
  10. deluxes
  11. deluxest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deluvium (page history and authors); diluvium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “deluvium.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/deluvium. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.