affluence
English
Etymology
From Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia
Only relation to antonym indigence is common Latinate suffix; affluence only acquired sense of wealth in 16th century English and French, while indigent meant “poor” in Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæf.lu.əns/
Noun
affluence (countable and uncountable, plural affluences)
Synonyms
- richdom
- See also Thesaurus:wealth
Antonyms
- See also Thesaurus:poverty
- indigence
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Translations
abundance of wealth
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French
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Further reading
- “affluence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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