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Webster 1913 Edition

Flume

Flume

(f;ūm)
,
Noun.
[Cf. OE.
flum
river, OF,
flum
, fr. L.
flumen
, fr.
fluere
to flow. √84. See
Fluent
.]
A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flume

FLUME

,
Noun.
[L. flumen, from fluo, to flow.]
Literally, a flowing; hence, the passage or channel for the water that drives a mill-wheel.

Definition 2024

flume

flume

English

Noun

flume ‎(plural flumes)

  1. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
  2. An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.

Translations

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflu.me/

Noun

flume m

  1. Alternative form of frume

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese flume, frume ‎(“river”), from Latin flūmen ‎(“river”), from fluere ‎(“to flow”).

Cognate with English flume, Italian fiume and Occitan flume.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈflu.mɨ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈflu.mi/
  • Hyphenation: flu‧me

Noun

flume m (plural flumes)

  1. (obsolete or poetic) river

Synonyms

Etymology

From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere ‎(“to flow”).

Pronunciation

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