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diluvium

diluvium noun: an inundation or flood; a deluge.

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.

diluvium meaning in Urdu

diluvium in Urdu

طغیانی

Forms of diluvium

pluraldiluviums
pluraldiluvia
alternative formdeluvium

Origin of diluvium

Learned borrowing from Latin dīluvium (“flood”), from lavō (“to wash”). Doublet of deluge.

Questions about diluvium

What does diluvium mean?
Diluvium means an inundation or flood; a deluge.
What is diluvium in Urdu?
Diluvium in Urdu is طغیانی. See Diluvium meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is diluvium?
Diluvium is a noun.
What is the plural of diluvium?
The plural of diluvium is diluviums.

Words near diluvium in the dictionary

  1. diluviating
  2. diluviation
  3. diluviations
  4. diluvion
  5. diluvions
  6. diluvium
  7. diluviums
  8. DiLuzio
  9. DiLuzios
  10. dilving
  11. Dilworth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diluvium (page history and authors); diluvium (Urdu Wiktionary) (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.

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