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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French pluye, from Old French pluie, from a Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia, from Latin pluvia (with influence from the verb *plovere). Compare Occitan pluèja, Romanian ploaie, Catalan pluja, Italian pioggia, also Portuguese chuva, Spanish lluvia.
Pronunciation
Noun
pluie f (plural pluies)
- rain
- Hyponym: déluge
Des pluies torrentielles se sont abattues la semaine dernière.- Torrential rain struck down last week.
- (figuratively) loads of things
- Hyponym: déluge
Il a reçu une pluie de messages de recruteurs cherchant à le débaucher.- He received a flood of messages from recruiters looking to poach him.
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Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia, from Latin pluvia (with influence from Vulgar Latin *plovere).
Noun
pluie oblique singular, f (oblique plural pluies, nominative singular pluie, nominative plural pluies)
- rain
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