🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

aisé

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eh-zeh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Affluent/ˈæf.lu.ənt/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il habite dans un quartier très aisé de la ville."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a great deal of money, wealth, or material possessions; prosperous and well-to-do.

    "They moved to an affluent neighborhood on the outskirts of the city."
  2. 2

    Abounding in supply; plentiful or abundant.

    "The region is blessed with affluent natural resources and fertile lands."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'affluentem', meaning flowing to or abounding, stemming from 'affluere' (ad- 'to' + fluere 'to flow'). Entering the English language in the late 15th century, the word originally conveyed a metaphorical abundance or flowing stream of wealth, gradually shifting to denote individuals or areas possessing great financial prosperity.

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