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==English==
{{wikipedia|confluence (disambiguation)|confluence}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{s|biology}} {{alt|en|confluency}}

===Etymology===
From late {{inh|en|enm|confluence}}, from {{der|en|LL.|cōnfluentia|t=a flowing together, conflux}}, from {{af|la|cōnfluēns|-ia|pos1=present participle of {{m|la|cōnfluō|t=to flow or run together}}|pos2=nominal suffix|nocat=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɒn.flu.əns/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confluence.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɑnˌflu.əns/|/kənˈflu.əns/|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒnfluəns|uːəns|s=3}}

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

# The [[act]] of [[combine|combining]] that occurs where two [[river]]s meet.
#: {{ux|en|The '''confluence''' of the rivers produced a great rush of water.}}
## The [[place]] where two [[river]]s, [[stream]]s, or other [[continuously]] [[flowing]] bodies of [[water]] meet and become one, especially where a [[tributary]] joins a river.
##: {{ux|en|We encountered an abandoned boat at the '''confluence''' of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.}}
##: {{syn|en|watersmeet}}
##: {{ant|en|{{l|en|fork|id=fork in a stream}}|branch}}
## The [[stream]] or [[body]] formed by the [[junction]] of two or more streams; a [[combine]]d [[flood]].
# A [[convergence]] or [[combination]] of [[force]]s, [[people]], or [[thing]]s.
#: {{ux|en|The '''confluence''' of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.}}
#: {{ux|en|The political turmoil was the result of a '''confluence''' of factors, and the corollary of years of misrule, as evidenced by a low home ownership rate incommensurate with the economic growth.}}
#: {{syn|en|coinfluence}}
#: {{hypo|en|confluence of sinuses}}
# {{lb|en|biology}} The [[proportion]] of [[cell]]s, in a [[culture medium]], that [[adhere]] to each other.
# {{lb|en|computer science|in [[rewriting]] systems}} A [[property]] describing which [[terms]] can be [[rewrite|rewritten]] with other, [[equivalent]] terms.

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|conflux}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|hyperconfluence|nonconfluence|subconfluence
|overconfluence|postconfluence|preconfluence}}

====Related terms====
{{col2|en
|confluent
|confluently
|influence
|affluence
|effluence
|refluence}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|point where two rivers or streams meet}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|measticã|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|সঙ্গম}}, {{t+|bn|বেণি}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|слива́не|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|confluència|f}}
* Central Melanau: {{t|mel|kala}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kemper|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|soutok|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kunfluejo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|liitumiskoht}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhtymäkohta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|confluent|m}}, {{t+|fr|confluence|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|confluencia|f}}, {{t|gl|mestas|f-p}}
* German: {{t+|de|Zusammenfluss|m}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|વેણી|m}}, {{t|gu|સંગમ|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|מפגש נהרות|tr=mifgash neharot}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|torkolat}}
* Iranun: {{t|ill|minanga}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|suaithneamh|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|合流点|tr=gōryūten|sc=Jpan}}
* Latin: {{t|la|confluens|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kuala}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സംഗമം}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|co-strooan|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pūau}}, {{t|mi|pūtahitanga}}, {{t|mi|komititanga o ngā wai}}, {{t|mi|pūruatanga}}
* Nepali: {{t+|ne|दोभान|sc=Deva}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|samløp|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|samløp|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zbieg|m}}, {{t|pl|konfluencja|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|confluência|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|confluență|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|слия́ние|n}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|sútok|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|confluencia|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sammanflöde|n}}, {{t|sv|konfluens|c}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|ஆற்றுச்சந்தி}}
* Tulu: {{t|tcy|kudala|sc=Knda}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|maxhe|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|aber|f}}, {{t|cy|cydlifiad|m}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{t|bdr|boa' soang}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|convergence or combination}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стича́не|n}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kemper|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhdistäminen}}, {{t+|fi|yhdistyminen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|confluent|m}}, {{t+|fr|convergence|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egyesítés}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tūtakitanga}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|konfluens|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|confluência|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стече́ние|n}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|konfluens|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:Lexico}}
* {{R:MWO}}

{{C|en|Collectives}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-confluence.wav}}

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

# {{l|en|confluence}}

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