pluvial

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US/ˈplu.vi.əl/UK/ˈpluː.vi.əl/

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain.

Similar
ombro-pluvio-
OriginFrench pluvial ← Middle French pluvial ← Latin pluviālis →
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Meanings

adjectivepluvial (comparative more pluvial, superlative most pluvial)

comparative more pluvial · superlative most pluvial

  1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain.

    Synonyms: ombro-, pluvio-

  2. geographyOccurring through the action of rain.
nounpluvial (plural pluvials)

plural pluvials

  1. geographya rainy period

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or produced by rain.

Similar
ombro-pluvio-

Origin

  1. Latinpluviālis“pertaining to rain”
  2. Middle Frenchpluvial
  3. Frenchpluvial
  4. Englishpluvial

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

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Translations

Bulgarian дъждовен
  • дъждовен (dăždoven)pertaining to rain
French pluvial
  • pluvialpertaining to rain
Icelandic regn-, rigningar-
  • regn-pertaining to rain
  • rigningar-pertaining to rain
  • úrkomu-pertaining to rain
Irish báistiúil
  • báistiúilpertaining to rain
Italian pluviale
  • pluvialepertaining to rain
Māori pātaua
  • pātauapertaining to rain
Polish deszczowy, pluwialny
  • deszczowypertaining to rain
  • pluwialnypertaining to rain
Portuguese pluvial
  • pluvialpertaining to rain
Russian плувиа́л
  • плувиа́л (pluviál)pertaining to rain
Cite this entry
APA

pluvial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluvial

MLA

“pluvial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluvial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pluvial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pluvial.

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