pluvieux

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pluviōsus. Supplanted the inherited Old French plujos, pluios.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ply.vjø/
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Adjective

pluvieux (feminine pluvieuse, masculine plural pluvieux, feminine plural pluvieuses)

  1. rainy (characterised by rain)
    Antonym: sec
    Near-synonym: humide
    climat pluvieux ― wet climate
    la saison pluvieuse ― the wet season
    des journées pluvieuses ― rainy days
    une région pluvieuse ― a wet region, a rainy region

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with pluvial, which describes that which has fallen rain as its origin (e.g. eaux pluviales, rainwater as a collective) or cause (e.g. erosion resulting from rainfall).

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