affluence

From Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia.

Only relation to antonym indigence is common Latinate suffix; affluence only acquired sense of wealth in 16th century English and French, while indigent meant “poor” in Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæf.lu.əns/

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affluence (countable and uncountable, plural affluences)

1. (obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
2. An abundance of wealth.

   His affluence was surpassed by no man.

3. A moderate level of wealth.

   They had achieved affluence, but aspired to true wealth.

4. An influx.

• richdom
• See also Thesaurus:wealth

• See also Thesaurus:poverty
• indigence

• affluent

From Latin affluentia.

• IPA^(key): /a.fly.ɑ̃s/

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affluence f (plural affluences)

1. crowds
2. abundance

• heure d'affluence

• affluent
• affluer

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