French word

confluent

Pronunciation

IPA/kɔ̃flyɑ̃/

Meaning

  • adjectivejoining

Example

Après la pluie, les ruisseaux sont confluents.

After the rain, the streams are joining.

Illustration for confluent (joining)

More examples

À la fin de la discussion, leurs points de vue sont confluents.

At the end of the discussion, their points of view converge.

Core concept

Several lines of movement or thought flowing together until they form one direction or outcome.

Similar words

rassemblé: Gathered together into a single group.
réuni: Brought together after being scattered.
joint: Connected or joined to form one whole.
convergent: Moving in the same direction or toward a shared goal.

Definition in French

Qui se réunissent ou concourent vers un même point ou résultat, au sens concret ou figuré.

Word origin

The French adjective confluent developed from Latin confluentem, meaning "flowing together," the present participle of confluere.

Usage tips

  • The adjective agrees in number and gender: confluents is masculine plural, and confluente or confluentes is feminine singular or plural.

Other meanings

  • convergingadjective

Opposites

Related words

  • confluenceconfluencenoun
  • confluerconvergeverb

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