deluge en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdɛl.juː(d)ʒ/ (UK)
- /ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ/ (US)
- /ˈdi.lu(d)ʒ/ (US)
- /ˈdɛ.lu(d)ʒ/ (US)
- /dəˈlu(d)ʒ/ (US, nonstandard)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavō Latin dīluō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin dīluvium Old French delugebor. Middle English deluge English deluge From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.
Meanings
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A great flood or rain.
The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
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(figuratively) An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
The little bird sits at his door in the sun, / Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, / And lets his illumined being o'errun / With the deluge of summer it receives.
1848, James Russell Lowell, The Vision of Sir Launfal:The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
A fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
On June 8, 2005, a decomposition reaction occurred in the manifold system on a mobile acetylene trailer at Western's Bellville plant that caused the fusible plugs of five cylinders to melt, releasing the products of decomposition. The materials released did not ignite before the deluge system was manually activated, controlling the incident. The incident started when a mobile acetylene trailer, with the cylinder valves open and the manifold fully pressurized, was moved into another bay and the block valve was opened, which initiated an acetylene decomposition reaction.
2009 January 13, National Transportation Safety Board, “Earlier Western Accidents”, in Special Investigation Report: Mobile Acetylene Trailer Accidents: Fire During Unloading in Dallas, Texas, July 25, 2007; Fire During Unloading in The Woodlands, Texas, August 7, 2007; and Overturn and Fire in East New Orleans, Louisiana, October 20, 2007, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022, page 18:deluge system, deluge gun, deluge set
2002, NAVEDTRA, Gunner's Mate 14324A In the event of a restrained firing or canister overtemperature condition, the deluge system sprays cooling water within the canister until the overtemperature condition no longer exists.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deluges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
after me the deluge · after us the deluge · psychiatric deluge · Deluge · deluge gun
Translations (91)
be уле́ва (great rain) · ru наводне́ние (great flood) · uk хлющ (great rain) · tl delubyo (great rain) · be зале́ва (great rain) · mi parawhenua (great flood) · tpw 'yporu (great flood) · mk по́рој (great rain) · cmn 大洪水 (great flood) · tr tufan (great rain) · mk по́топ (great flood) · lt tvanas (great flood) · ca diluvi (great flood) · mk до́жд (great rain) · uk пото́п (great flood) · pl potop (great flood) · es avalancha (an overwhelming amount of something) · hu áradat (great flood) · ro diluviu (great flood) · mk наезда (an overwhelming amount of something) · hnn anaw (great flood) · fr avalanche (an overwhelming amount of something) · pdt Äwaschwamunk (great flood) · hu áradat (an overwhelming amount of something) · ml പേമാരി (great rain) · pt dilúvio (great flood) · ja 洪水 (great flood) · ota سیلان (great flood) · fi tulva (an overwhelming amount of something) · sv störtflod (great flood) · ro potop (great flood) · sq përmbytje (great flood) · ko 홍수 (great flood) · ru ли́вень (great rain) · gd tuil (great flood) · be пато́п (great flood) · tl delubyo (great flood) · he מַבּוּל (great flood) · la abluvium (great flood) · it diluvio (great flood) · hu özönvíz (great flood) · gl dioivo (great flood) · nrn ålup (great rain) · ota طوفان (great flood) · it diluvio (an overwhelming amount of something) · be навадне́нне (great flood) · fr déluge (great flood) · got 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (great flood) · gd tuil (an overwhelming amount of something) · ar طُوفَان (great flood) · scn sdillùviu (great flood) · cmn 洪水 (great flood) · uk зали́ва (great rain) · uk по́відь (great flood) · nl stortvloed (an overwhelming amount of something) · mi pūroro (great rain) · da overflod (an overwhelming amount of something) · fi vedenpaisumus (great flood) · mi pūrorohū (great rain) · eo diluvo (great flood) · ml പ്രളയം (great flood) · nl overvloed (an overwhelming amount of something) · io diluvio (great flood) · uk по́вінь (great flood) · mk по́рој (an overwhelming amount of something) · el κατακλυσμός (great flood) · tr tufan (great flood) · mk по́плава (great flood) · ota سیل (great flood) · fi kaatosade (great rain) · pl potop (an overwhelming amount of something) · be лі́вень (great rain) · txb kerekauna (great flood) · fr déluge (an overwhelming amount of something) · es diluvio (an overwhelming amount of something) · bg пото́п (great flood) · la dīluvium (great flood) · grc κατακλυσμός (great flood) · uk ли́вень (great rain) · ru пото́п (great flood) · ml പെരുമഴ (an overwhelming amount of something) · cs záplava (great flood) · uk зли́ва (great rain) · be паво́дка (great flood) · cs příval (an overwhelming amount of something) · pl zalew (an overwhelming amount of something) · hy ջրհեղեղ (great flood) · bg дъжд (great rain) · la dīluviēs (great flood) · mi patapataiāwhā (great rain) · es diluvio (great flood)