How to pronounce inundation
American English pronunciation
in-un-DAY-shun
- IPA
- /ˌɪnənˈdeɪʃən/
- Syllables
- in · un · DAY · shun (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What inundation means
A flood that covers land with water
In a sentence: After the spring rains, the inundation turned the low fields into a lake.
Where it comes from: It came through French from a Latin word meaning "to flood" or "to overflow."
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