Friulian

Noun

flum m ‎(plural flums)

1. river

Middle French

Etymology

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 ****!

Synonyms

• riviere
• flueve

Descendants

• English: flume (borrowed)

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e 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