diluvial

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English

Etymology

From Late Latin dīluviālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

diluvial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
    • 1975 August 18 [1974 May], “Study of China's Deserts”, 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, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 47:
      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.

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Catalan

Etymology

From diluvi +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

diluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diluvials)

  1. diluvial
    Synonym: diluvià

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin diluvium (flood).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ly.vjal/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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

  1. diluvial
    Synonym: diluvien

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French .

Adjective

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

  1. diluvial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diluˈbjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: di‧lu‧vial

Adjective

diluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diluviales)

  1. diluvial

Further reading