Deluge

See also: deluge and déluge

English

Proper noun

the Deluge

1. (Abrahamic religion) The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.

Related terms

• antediluvian

Translations

the Biblical flood

• Arabic: طوفان (ar) m (ṭūfān)
• Bashkir: Туфан (Tufan)
• Bulgarian: Потопът m (Potopǎt)
• Dutch: zondvloed (nl) f
• Finnish: vedenpaisumus (fi)
• French: déluge (fr) m, déluge universel m
• German: Sintflut (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (midjasweipains)
• Italian: diluvio universale (it)
• Maore Comorian: ɓa la maji class 5
• Polish: Potop m
• Russian: всеми́рный пото́п m (vsemírnyj potóp)
• Scottish Gaelic: an Tuil Ruadh f
• Spanish: diluvio universal
• Swedish: syndafloden (sv) c
• Turkish: Tufan (tr)