affluent
French, noun/a.fly.ɑ̃/
affluent is spelled A-F-F-L-U-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affluent is a French masculine noun meaning “tributary; affluent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of affluer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cours d’eau qui se jette dans un autre”.
What does affluent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tributary
noun
- 1
masculinetributary; affluent
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of affluer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se jette dans un autre en parlant d’un cours d’eau. 2. Qui affluent, qui se portent en abondance vers quelque partie du corps (se dit des humeurs ou liquides).
noun: 1. Cours d’eau qui se jette dans un autre.
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 affluent
- affluente feminine
- affluents masculine plural
- affluentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affluent?
- /a.fly.ɑ̃/
- /a.fly/
- \a.fly.ɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to affluent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is affluent in French?
affluent appears 2.1 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).