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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesefluente
Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-flu-ẽ-tʃi
"A empresa instalou um sistema para tratar o efluente industrial."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea.
"Strict regulations were introduced to prevent factories from dumping untreated effluent into the local river."
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Flowing out or forth.
"The effluent waters from the geothermal spring fed directly into the lower basin."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'effluentem', present participle of 'effluere' meaning 'to flow out', formed from 'ex-' (out) and 'fluere' (to flow). Entering the English language in the 17th century, the term originally described any outflowing stream or liquid, later specializing in environmental and industrial contexts to denote liquid waste discharged into a body of water.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Effluent" is said worldwide
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effluent
Transliteration: é-flu-ã
"L'usine traite son effluent avant de le rejeter dans la rivière."
Abwasser
Transliteration: ap-vas-er
"Das gereinigte Abwasser wird in den Fluss geleitet."
effluente
Transliteration: ef-flu-en-te
"Gli effluenti industriali devono essere depurati prima dello scarico."
efluente
Transliteration: e-flwen-te
"El efluente de la planta química fue analizado por los inspectores."
efluente
Transliteration: e-flu-ẽ-tʃi
"A empresa instalou um sistema para tratar o efluente industrial."
अपशिष्ट जल
Transliteration: apashtish jal
"कारखाने का अपशिष्ट जल नदी में छोड़ा जा रहा है।"
废水
Transliteration: fèishuǐ
"工业废水必须经过净化才能排放。"
폐수
Transliteration: pae-su
"공장에서 배출되는 폐수를 엄격하게 관리해야 한다."
排水
Transliteration: haisui
"工場からの排水が環境汚染を引き起こさないよう注意が必要です。"
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