affluence
French, noun/a.fly.ɑ̃s/
affluence is spelled A-F-F-L-U-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affluence is a French feminine noun meaning “crowds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’affluer, au propre et au figuré”.
What does affluence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrowds
- 2
feminineabundance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’affluer, au propre et au figuré.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of affluence
- affluences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affluence?
- /a.fly.ɑ̃s/
- \a.fly.ɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to affluence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is affluence in French?
affluence appears 3.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).