pluvial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pluvial, from Old French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis (“pertaining to rain”).

Adjective

pluvial (comparative more pluvial, superlative most pluvial)

1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain

   Synonyms: ombro-, pluvio-

2. (geology) occurring through the action of rain

Derived terms

• pluvial lake

Related terms

• pluvious

Translations

pertaining to rain

• Bulgarian: дъждовен (dǎždoven)
• French: pluvial (fr) m
• Icelandic: regn- (is), rigningar- (is), úrkomu- (is)
• Ido: pluvala (io)
• Irish: báistiúil
• Italian: pluviale (it)
• Maori: pātaua
• Polish: deszczowy (pl), pluwialny
• Russian: плувиа́л (ru) m (pluviál)

Noun

pluvial (plural pluvials)

1. (geology) a rainy period

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ply.vjal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

pluvial (feminine pluviale, masculine plural pluviaux, feminine plural pluviales)

1. pluvial, (relational) rain-

   Synonyms: ombrique, ombro-, pluvaire, pluvio-

   eaux pluviales (originating in, formed of, or coming from fallen rain) ― rainwater

   érosion pluviale (caused by rainfall) ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with pluvieux, which describes that which is characterised by high or significant rainfall, particularly of a climate, a period of time or a place.

Derived terms

• forêt pluviale
• lac pluvial

 

Related terms

• pluie

Noun

pluvial m (plural pluviaux)

1. (Roman Catholicism) cope

   Synonym: chape

Further reading

• “pluvial” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “pluvial” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• Jouy, Alain & De Foucault, Bruno, 2019. Dictionnaire illustré de botanique. Biotope Éditions, Mèze, →ISBN., p. 220.
• “pluvial” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
• “pluvial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pluviālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plu.viˈaw/ [plu.vɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pluˈvjaw/ [pluˈvjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pluˈvjal/ [pluˈvjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pluˈvjal/ [pluˈvjaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pluˈbjal/ [pluˈβjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pluˈvja.li/

• Hyphenation: plu‧vi‧al

Adjective

pluvial m or f (plural pluviais)

1. (relational) rain; pluvial

   águas pluviais ― rainwater

Related terms

• chuva

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pluvial, from Latin pluvialis.

Adjective

pluvial m or n (feminine singular pluvială, masculine plural pluviali, feminine and neuter plural pluviale)

1. stormy

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pluvial		pluvială		pluviali	pluviale
	definite	pluvialul		pluviala		pluvialii	pluvialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pluvial		pluviale		pluviali	pluviale
	definite	pluvialului		pluvialei		pluvialilor	pluvialelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pluviālis. See also lluvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pluˈbjal/ [pluˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: plu‧vial

Adjective

pluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural pluviales)

1. (relational) rain; pluvial

   agua pluvial ― rainwater

Related terms

• lluvia

 

Further reading

• “pluvial”, 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