piova
See also: pióva
Istriot
Alternative forms
- peiòva
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *plovia, from Latin pluvia. Compare Venetian pióva.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjɔ.va/
- Rhymes: -ɔva
- Hyphenation: piò‧va
Noun
piova f (plural piove)
- (regional or literary) rain
- 13th c., “Del sito del luogo abitabile, e del conoscimento della bontà, e malizia sua. Cap. Ⅴ. [Chapter 5 - On the location of habitable places, and on the knowledge of their goodness and badness]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 16:
- Sono ancora i luoghi alti più sicuri dalle piove
- Furthermore, high places are safer from rains
- 14th c., Zanobi da Strada, transl., “Libro ⅩⅩⅦ. [Book 27]”, in I morali del pontefice S. Gregorio Magno sopra il Libro di Giobbe - Tomo quarto, translation of Moralia in Iob by Pope Gregory I, published 1714, page 43:
- Il quale comanda alla neve, che discenda in terra, e alle piove del verno
- Who [God] commands the snow to descend on earth, and the rains of winter
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Derived terms
- piovicella
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
piova
- inflection of piovere:
- third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- piova in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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