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English
Etymology
From Late Latin dīluviālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
diluvial (not comparable)
- 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: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.
- (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)
- diluvial
- Synonym: diluvià
Further reading
French
Etymology
From Latin diluvium (“flood”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
diluvial (feminine diluviale, masculine plural diluviaux, feminine plural diluviales)
- 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)
- 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)
- diluvial
Further reading