adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ombro-, pluvio-
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pluvial
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈplu.vi.əl/
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UK: /ˈpluː.vi.əl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Occurring through the action of rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a rainy period
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French pluvial, from Middle French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis (“pertaining to rain”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дъждовен (dǎždoven) — pertaining to rain
- French: pluvial — pertaining to rain
- Icelandic: regn- — pertaining to rain
- Icelandic: rigningar- — pertaining to rain
- Icelandic: úrkomu- — pertaining to rain
- Ido: pluvala — pertaining to rain
- Irish: báistiúil — pertaining to rain
- Italian: pluviale — pertaining to rain
- Māori: pātaua — pertaining to rain
- Polish: deszczowy — pertaining to rain
- Polish: pluwialny — pertaining to rain
- Russian: плувиа́л (pluviál) — pertaining to rain