affluence

English

Etymology

From Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia.

Only relation to antonym indigence is common Latinate suffix; affluence only acquired sense of wealth in 16th century English and French, while indigent meant “poor” in Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæf.lu.əns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

affluence (countable and uncountable, plural affluences)

1. (obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
2. An abundance of wealth.

   His affluence was surpassed by no man.

3. A moderate level of wealth.

   Synonym: ease

   They had achieved affluence, but aspired to true wealth.

4. An influx.

Synonyms

• richdom
• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Antonyms

• See also Thesaurus:poverty
• indigence

Derived terms

• affluence of incohol
• affluenza
• nonaffluence
• superaffluence

Related terms

• affluent

Translations

abundance of wealth

Arabic: ثَرْوَة f (ṯarwa) Bulgarian: богатство (bg) n (bogatstvo), охолство (bg) n (oholstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: 富裕 (zh) (fùyù), 富足 (zh) (fùzú) Czech: bohatství (cs) n Dutch: rijkdom (nl) ? Finnish: rikkaus (fi) French: opulence (fr) f German: Überfluss (de) m, Reichtum (de) m Greek: ευμάρεια (el) f (evmáreia) Hindi: समृद्धि (hi) f (samŕddhi), संपन्नता (hi) f (sampannatā) Italian: ricchezza (it) f, opulenza (it) f, abbondanza (it) f Japanese: 裕福 (ja) (yūfuku) Maori: houkuratanga Polish: dostatek (pl) m, bogactwo (pl) n Portuguese: afluência (pt) f Russian: изоби́лие (ru) n (izobílije), бога́тство (ru) n (bogátstvo) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: и̏мӯћно̄ст f Roman: ȉmūćnōst f Slovak: bohatstvo n Spanish: abundancia (es) f, afluencia (es) f, prosperidad (es) f Turkish: varlıklılık (tr), varsıllık (tr), zenginlik (tr)

moderate level of wealth

Bulgarian: благосъстояние (bg) n (blagosǎstojanie) Finnish: varakkuus (fi) German: Wohlstand (de) m

French

Etymology

From Latin affluentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fly.ɑ̃s/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

affluence f (plural affluences)

1. crowds
2. abundance

Derived terms

• heure d'affluence

Related terms

• affluent
• affluer

Further reading

• “affluence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.