déluge
French, noun/de.lyʒ/
déluge is spelled D-É-L-U-G-E (6 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déluge is a French masculine noun meaning “the Deluge, the Flood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Selon le mythe biblique, l’inondation provoquée par Dieu voulant détruire l’humanité, dont seuls quelques…”.
What does déluge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe Deluge, the Flood
- 2
masculinedeluge (large amount of precipitation)
- 3
masculinedeluge (an overwhelming amount of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Selon le mythe biblique, l’inondation provoquée par Dieu voulant détruire l’humanité, dont seuls quelques hommes réchappent, notamment dans un récit parmi d’autres : Noé et son arche. 2. Temps très ancien. 3. Très grande inondation. 4. Pluie torrentielle.
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 déluge
- déluges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déluge?
- /de.lyʒ/
- \de.lyʒ\
- [de.lyʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déluge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déluge in French?
déluge appears 3.1 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).