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confluire

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See also: confluiré

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cōnfluere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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confluìre (first-person singular present confluìsco, first-person singular past historic confluìi, past participle confluìto, auxiliary èssere or (rare) avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere or (rarely) avere]

  1. to flow together (of two rivers)
  2. to flow [with in ‘into another river’] (of a river)
  3. (by extension) to converge, to meet (of roads, pipelines, etc.)
  4. (figurative) to converge

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ confluire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  2. ^ influire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • confluire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana