English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�d�l�jud�/

Noun
en-noun

1. A great flood or rain.

#:The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.

1. An overwhelming amount of something.

#:The rock concert was a deluge of sound.

1. The Deluge: The Biblical flood during the time of Noah.

Translations
trans-top|A great flood
Finnish: tulva, vedenpaisumus
French: déluge
Portuguese: dilúvio m
trans-mid
Italian: diluvio m
Russian: по�оп (potóp) m
Spanish: diluvio m
trans-bottom

trans-top|An overwhelming amount of something
French: déluge
Spanish: diluvio m
trans-mid
Italian: diluvio m
trans-bottom

trans-top|The Deluge
Finnish: vedenpaisumus
French: Déluge
trans-mid
Italian: diluvio universale
Russian: �о�оп (potóp) m
Spanish: diluvio universal
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|deluges|deluging|deluged

1. transitive To flood with water.
2. transitive To overwhelm.

#:After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.

Translations
trans-top|To flood with water
Finnish: tulvia
French: inonder
trans-mid
Italian: inondare
trans-bottom

trans-top|To overwhelm
French: inonder
trans-mid
Italian: inondare
trans-bottom

See also
inundate

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