diluvial

English

Etymology

From Late Latin dīluviālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈluːvi.əl/

Adjective

diluvial (not comparable)

1. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
   • 1975 August 18 [1974 May], “Study of China's Deserts [中国沙漠概论 CHUNG-KUO SHA-MO KAI-LUN]”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 316, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking, Desert Laboratory Lanchow Institute of Glacier, Frozen Ground and Desert Soil Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences [中国科学院兰州冰川冻土沙漠研究所沙漠研究室], translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 47‎^[1]:

     While stabilized and semistabilized sand dunes prevail in the desert in the Dzungarian Basin, shifting dunes are the rule in this desert, intermittently distributed along both the south and north banks of the O-erh-ch'i-szu Ho in the northwestern part of the basin. Lying under these dunes are the sloping diluvial terraces and undulating slopes of the mountain bases. Due to its high elevation and its being situated in the river valley between the Sa-wu-erh and A-erh-t'ai mountain ranges, gale force wind penetrates the region in winter and little snow is accumulated.

2. (biblical) Pertaining to Noah's Flood.

Synonyms

• diluvian

Derived terms

• antediluvial
• diluvialism
• diluvialist
• postdiluvial
• prediluvial

 

Related terms

• deluge
• antediluvian

Translations

Relating to a flood

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: делувиален (deluvialen)
• Catalan: diluvià (ca), diluvial
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: diluviaal (nl)
• Finnish: tulva-, diluviaalinen (fi)
• French: diluvial (fr)
• Friulian: diluviâl
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: sintflutartig (de)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: diluviale
• Occitan: diluvial, diluviau
• Polish: potopowy, dyluwialny
• Portuguese: diluvial
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: diluvial
• Swedish: diluvial

Catalan

Etymology

From diluvi +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.lu.βiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [di.lu.viˈal]

Adjective

diluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diluvials)

1. diluvial

   Synonym: diluvià

Further reading

• “diluvial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin diluvium (“flood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ly.vjal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

diluvial (feminine diluviale, masculine plural diluviaux, feminine plural diluviales)

1. diluvial

   Synonym: diluvien

Further reading

• “diluvial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French [Term?].

Adjective

diluvial m or n (feminine singular diluvială, masculine plural diluviali, feminine and neuter plural diluviale)

1. diluvial

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	diluvial		diluvială		diluviali	diluviale
	definite	diluvialul		diluviala		diluvialii	diluvialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	diluvial		diluviale		diluviali	diluviale
	definite	diluvialului		diluvialei		diluvialilor	diluvialelor

Spanish

Etymology

From diluvio +‎ -al, from Latin dīluvium (“flood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diluˈbjal/ [d̪i.luˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: di‧lu‧vial

Adjective

diluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diluviales)

1. diluvial

Further reading

• “diluvial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10