influent

English

Etymology

From Latin influent-, the present participle stem of īnfluere.

Noun

influent (plural influents)

1. A stream which flows into another stream or a lake.

   Synonym: tributary

2. Fluids flowing in.

   Synonym: inflow

3. (ecology) An organism having an important effect on a plant or animal community.

Translations

a stream which flows into another stream or a lake

• Bulgarian: приток (bg) m (pritok)

Adjective

influent (comparative more influent, superlative most influent)

1. Flowing in.
2. Exercising astral influence.
3. (ecology) Having an important effect on a plant or animal community.

Translations

flowing in

• Bulgarian: втичащ се (vtičašt se), вливащ се (vlivašt se)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [iɱ.fluˈen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [iɱ.fluˈent]

Adjective

influent m or f (masculine and feminine plural influents)

1. influential

Derived terms

• influentment

Related terms

• influència

Further reading

• “influent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “influent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “influent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “influent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fly/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: influents

Adjective

influent (feminine influente, masculine plural influents, feminine plural influentes)

1. influential

Verb

influent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of influer

Further reading

• “influent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.flu.ent/, [ˈĩːfɫ̪uɛn̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.flu.ent/, [ˈiɱfluen̪t̪]

Verb

īnfluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of īnfluō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French influent.

Adjective

influent m or n (feminine singular influentă, masculine plural influenți, feminine and neuter plural influente)

1. influential

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	influent		influentă		influenți	influente
	definite	influentul		influenta		influenții	influentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	influent		influente		influenți	influente
	definite	influentului		influentei		influenților	influentelor