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Meaning of gurges | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈɡʊr.ɡɛs]

Definitions

  1. whirlpool, eddy
    declension-3, masculine
  2. gulf
    declension-3, masculine
  3. abyss
    declension-3, masculine
  4. the sea, waters, stream
    declension-3, masculine, poetic
  5. an insatiable craving; (of people) a spendthrift
    declension-3, figuratively, masculine

Equivalents

العربية سخد
Bosanski vodstvo
Čeština vodstvo
Deutsch Fruchtwasser Gewässer
Ελληνικά ύδατα
English Abyss Eddy gulf stream The Sea waters Whirlpool
Español aguas
Suomi jorpakko
Français liquide amniotique waters
हिन्दी मीर
Hrvatski vodstvo
日本語 シー
Latina aequor altum marmor pelagus pontus sal stagnum
Latviešu ūdens
Polski wody
Русский вода
Српски vodstvo
Svenska bölja dricka farvatten
Українська акваторія
Tiếng Việt biển cả

Examples

“Adsiliunt flūctūs, īmōque ā gurgite pontus vertitur, et cānās alveus haurit aquās.”

The waves leap up, the sea is churned from its lowest abyss, and the hull drinks the white waters. (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

gurgite gurgitem gurgites gurgiti gurgitibus gurgitis

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