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pluviometer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌplʊvɪˈɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌplʊviːˈɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
  • General-American: /ˌplʊviːˈɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rain gauge, udometer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rain gauge, rain gage, udometer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gauge, gage

History

Etymology

From Latin pluvius (“rain”) + -meter.