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Summary

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alluvion:
- Wiktionary:
  alluvion → alluvium
- Synonyms for "alluvion":
  boue; limon; loess; atterrissement; dépôt; sédiment; accrue; relais; accroissement; laisse; colluvion; citron; sédimentation; tangue

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alluvion:
- déferlement; couloir maritime; mer; lame; houle; coup de mer

French

Detailed Translations for alluvion from French to English

alluvion:

Synonyms for "alluvion":

boue; limon; loess; atterrissement; dépôt; sédiment; accrue; relais; accroissement; laisse; colluvion; citron; sédimentation; tangue

Wiktionary Translations for alluvion:

alluvion

noun

accroissement de terrain qui se fait insensiblement à l’un des bords d’une rivière, ou qui a lieu lorsque la rivière s’en retirer, et qu’elle prend son cours d’un autre côté.
- alluvion → alluvium

English

Detailed Translations for alluvion from English to French

alluvion:

alluvion [the ~] nomen

the alluvion (beating of the waves; wash)
le déferlement; le couloir maritime; la mer; la lame; l'houle; le coup de mer
- déferlement [le ~] nomen
- couloir maritime [le ~] nomen
- mer [la ~] nomen
- lame [la ~] nomen
- houle [la ~] nomen
- coup de mer [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for alluvion:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
couloir maritime	alluvion; beating of the waves; wash
coup de mer	alluvion; beating of the waves; wash
déferlement	alluvion; beating of the waves; wash
houle	alluvion; beating of the waves; wash	backwash; fluctuation; nutation; oscillation; sea; sway; swell; swing; swinging
lame	alluvion; beating of the waves; wash	breaker
mer	alluvion; beating of the waves; wash	blue; deep; ocean; sea
-	alluvial deposit; alluvial sediment; alluvium; deluge; flood; inundation

Synonyms for "alluvion":

geological process; geologic process
flood; inundation; deluge; geological phenomenon
alluvial sediment; alluvial deposit; alluvium; sediment; deposit

Related Definitions for "alluvion":

clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down¹
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land¹
gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment¹

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