confluent

Describes things that flow together or merge, often used in technical contexts like geography or medicine.

• 🇫🇷Qui se joint ou se réunit en un point, en parlant notamment de cours d'eau ou de canaux ; en médecine, désigne des éléments qui se fondent ou se rejoignent.

1. Flowing together C1 formal

   Describing streams, rivers, or other flows that merge into one.

   • The confluent rivers formed a wide delta.
   • Confluent streams create a larger waterway downstream.
   • The geologist studied the confluent paths of the two glaciers.

   🇫🇷Qui se rejoignent en un seul cours

   Synonymes: coalescentconvergentconvergingjoiningmeetingmerging

   Antonymes: discretedivergentseparatesplit

• more confluent comparative form
• most confluent superlative form

A noun referring to a branch or stream that flows into a larger main stream or river.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un affluent ou un cours d'eau qui se jette dans un courant principal plus important ou dans une rivière, ou le point de rencontre de deux cours d'eau.

1. Tributary stream C1 formal

   A smaller river or stream that flows into a larger one.

   • The Missouri River is a major confluent of the Mississippi.
   • Several small confluents join the main river in the valley.
   • The map shows all the confluents feeding into the lake.

   🇫🇷Affluent

   Synonymes: affluentbranchfeedertributary

• confluents plural form
• confluents' possessive plural form
• confluent's possessive singular form