French word

affluer

Pronunciation

IPA/aflye/

Meaning

  • verbstream into

Example

Le week-end, des visiteurs affluent au musée.

On weekends, visitors stream into the museum.

Illustration for affluer (stream into)

More examples

Après l'ouverture, les clients affluent au café.

After opening, customers flock to the cafe.

Core concept

A dense stream of people or goods pouring toward one place.

Common phrases

  • affluer au café

    flock to the cafe

  • affluer sur le site web

    flock to the website

  • affluer vers la gare

    flock toward the station

Similar words

venir: To move toward a place or person and come near.
arriver: To reach a destination at the end of a journey.
se précipiter: To rush toward others in the same direction.
se masser: To gather tightly in a confined space.

Definition in French

Décrit des personnes ou des choses qui arrivent soudainement en grand nombre.

Word origin

French affluer derives from Latin affluere, built from ad- 'toward' and fluere 'to flow', and inherited the doubled f of the Latin form.

Usage tips

  • Affluer is intransitive, so a destination is expressed with a phrase such as au musée or vers la gare rather than a direct object.

Opposites

  • se tarirdry upverb

Related words

  • affluenceinfluxnoun

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