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Latin
Etymology
From pluvia (“rain”) + -ālis, from pluvius (“rainy, bringing rain”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
pluviālis (neuter pluviāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or pertaining to rain
- rainy, bringing rain
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
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References
- “pluvialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pluvialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pluvialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.