pluvial

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

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

• pluvial lake

• pluvious

pluvial (plural pluvials)

1. (geology) a rainy period

Inherited from Old French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis.

• IPA^(key): /ply.vjal/

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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)

• 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.

• pluie

pluvial m (plural pluviaux)

1. (Roman Catholicism) cope

   Synonym: chape

• “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 , 2012.

Learned borrowing from Latin pluviālis.

• Hyphenation: plu‧vi‧al

pluvial m or f (plural pluviais)

1. (relational) rain; pluvial

   águas pluviais ― rainwater

• chuva

Borrowed from French pluvial, from Latin pluvialis.

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

1. stormy

Borrowed from Latin pluviālis. See also lluvia.

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

pluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural pluviales)

1. (relational) rain; pluvial

   agua pluvial ― rainwater

• “pluvial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28