flum

See also: flüm

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin flūmen (compare Italian fiume, Romansch flum), from fluō, fluere (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew- (“to swell, flow”).

Noun

flum m (plural flums)

  1. river

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French flum.

Noun

flum m (plural flums)

  1. river

References
  • flum on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin flūmen, from fluō, fluere (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew- (“to swell, flow”).

Noun

flum m (oblique plural fluns, nominative singular fluns, nominative plural flum)

  1. river
    • circa 1250, Marie de France, Yonec
      […] il fu el flum d'enfern plungiez!
      He was plunged into the river of Hell!

Synonyms

Descendants
  • English: flume (borrowed)
  • Middle French: flum

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (flun)

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) flem
  • (Puter, Vallader) flüm

Etymology

From Latin flūmen, from fluō, fluere (“flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew- (“to swell, flow”).

Noun

flum m (plural flums)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) river
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