déluge

Inherited from Old French deluge, borrowed from Latin dīluvium.

• IPA^(key): /de.lyʒ/

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déluge m (plural déluges)

1. (biblical) the Deluge, the Flood
2. (by extension) deluge (large amount of precipitation)
3. (figuratively) deluge (an overwhelming amount of something)

• diluvien
• antédiluvien

• “déluge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• déglue, déglué