floodgate
English
/ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/
noun
Definitions
- An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
- (by extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flodegate compound from English flood + English gate (way, passageway in an airport for embarking passengers, path, road).
Origin
English
gate
Gloss
way, passageway in an airport for embarking passengers, path, road
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
道, 路
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 'Gater English
- Ambergate English
- Gategate English
- Newgate English
- Southgate English
- Stargateverse English
- algate English
- antiflood English
- backgate English
- beflood English
- counterflood English
- crapflood English
- degate English
- dragon gate English
- e-gate English
- endgate English
- faregate English
- farmgate English
- flood English
- floodable English
- floodage English
- flooder English
- floodest English
- floodeth English
- floodgum English
- floodlamp English
- floodlands English
- floodless English
- floodlet English
- floodlight English
- floodlike English
- floodmark English
- floodplain English
- floodproof English
- floodwall English
- floodwater English
- floodway English
- floody English
- fluxgate English
- fore-flood English
- foregate English
- gate English
- gate rape English
- gate-happy English
- gateable English
- gatecrash English
- gatefold English
- gatehouse English
- gatekeep English
- gatekeeper English
- gateleg English
- gateless English
- gatelike English
- gateline English
- gateman English
- gatepier English
- gatepost English
- gateway English
- gatewise English
- gatewoman English
- headgate English
- hell gate English
- highgate English
- inflood English
- ingate English
- jumpgate English
- landflood English
- liftgate English
- lych-gate English
- matchgate English
- megaflood English
- midgate English
- moongate English
- multigate English
- nonflood English
- outgate English
- overflood English
- photoflood English
- photogate English
- postflood English
- preflood English
- qugate English
- reflood English
- screwgate English
- shitflood English
- stairgate English
- stargate English
- superflood English
- tailgate English
- tollgate English
- trigate English
- unflood English
- wastegate English
- waterflood English
- watergate English
- waygate English
- wombgate English
- Gate German
- gate Dutch, Flemish
- flood Portuguese
- floodar Portuguese
- gate Portuguese
- *gatą Proto-Germanic
- ゲート Japanese
- flod Middle English
- flodegate Middle English
- gate Middle English
- గేటు Telugu
- ဂိတ် Burmese
- ဂိတ်ဆုံး Burmese
- geti Swahili
- 게이트 Korean
- ligeyithi Swati
- gate Mauritian Creole
- geet Fiji Hindi
- gate
- flood
- degate
- ingate
- e-gate
- floody
- 'Gater
- algate
- qugate
- inflood
- waygate
- gateman
- outgate
- gateleg
- midgate
- unflood
- gateway
- flooder
- trigate
- endgate
- Newgate
- beflood
- reflood
- tailgate
- Gategate
- faregate
- floodway
- backgate
- gatefold
- floodest
- moongate
- liftgate
- gatelike
- gateless
- fluxgate
- highgate
- headgate
- wombgate
- gatepier
- gatewise
- floodeth
- tollgate
- farmgate
- floodage
- preflood
- floodgum
- nonflood
- gatepost
- stargate
- gatekeep
- gateline
- gateable
- floodlet
- jumpgate
- foregate
- screwgate
- multigate
- crapflood
- floodlike
- wastegate
- overflood
- photogate
- landflood
- matchgate
- lych-gate
- Southgate
- floodwall
- shitflood
- gatehouse
- gate rape
- antiflood
- gatewoman
- megaflood
- stairgate
- postflood
- floodlamp
- Ambergate
- floodable
- gatecrash
- hell gate
- floodless
- floodmark
- watergate
- photoflood
- floodlight
- floodlands
- superflood
- floodproof
- gate-happy
- fore-flood
- floodplain
- waterflood
- floodwater
- gatekeeper
- dragon gate
- counterflood
- Stargateverse