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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|frm}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confluent.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{lb|en|of two or more objects or shapes}} [[converge|Converging]], [[merge|merging]] or flowing together into one.
#* {{RQ:Southey Thalaba|||Yonder the river roll’d, whose bed,<br>Their labyrinthine lingerings o’er,<br>Received the '''confluent''' rills.}}
#* {{RQ:Melville Moby-Dick|[[s:Moby-Dick (1851) US edition/Chapter 19|chapter 19]]|text=A '''confluent''' smallpox had in all directions flowed over his face, and left it like the complicated ribbed bed of a torrent, when the rushing waters have been dried up.}}
# {{lb|en|meteorology|of wind}} [[converge|Converging]], especially as viewed on a weather chart.
# {{lb|en|biology}} Describing [[cell]]s in a [[culture]] that merge to form a [[mass]].
# {{lb|en|geometry|of a triangle}} Exactly the same size as another triangle.
# {{lb|en|maths}} Given a binary operation <math> \rightarrow_\beta </math> on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure <math> \twoheadrightarrow_\beta </math> , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 <math> \rightarrow_\beta </math> a2 and a1 <math> \rightarrow_\beta </math> a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 <math> \twoheadrightarrow_\beta </math> a4 and a3 <math> \twoheadrightarrow_\beta </math> a4.

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|confluently|hyperconfluent|nonconfluent|overconfluent|postconfluent|preconfluent|semiconfluent|subconfluent|superconfluent
|biconfluent}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A stream uniting and flowing with another; a confluent stream.

==French==
{{wikipedia|lang=fr}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-confluent.wav}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# {{l|en|confluent}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[confluence]] (point where two rivers or streams meet)

===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|confluer||3|p|pres|ind//sub}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Latin==

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=cōnfluent}}

# {{inflection of|la|cōnfluō||3|p|futr|actv|indc}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|confluent}}, from {{der|ro|la|confluens}}.

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

# {{l|en|confluent}}

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}