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Added 9 October 2026

affluent

/ˈæf.lu.ənt/ noun

In Latin: affluens Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about affluent at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who is wealthy.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

adjective

Abundant; copious; plenteous.
Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.
Tributary.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French affluent, borrowed in turn from Latin affluentem, accusative singular of affluēns, present active participle of affluō (“flow to or towards; overflow with”), from ad (“to, towards”) + fluō (“flow”) (cognate via latter to fluid, flow). Sense of “wealthy” (plentiful flow of goods) c. 1600, which also led to nominalization affluence. By surface analysis, af- + fluent.

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