pluvial

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

pluvial (comparative more pluvial, superlative most pluvial)

1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain
2. (geology) occurring through the action of rain

• pluvial lake

• pluvious

pluvial (plural pluvials)

1. (geology) a rainy period

From Old French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis.

• IPA^(key): /ply.vjal/

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pluvial (feminine pluviale, masculine plural pluviaux, feminine plural pluviales)

1. pluvial, (relational) rain-
   1. (originating in, formed of, or coming from fallen rain)

      eaux pluviales ― rainwater

   2. (caused by rainfall)

      érosion pluviale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• Not to be confused with pluvieux, which describes that which is characterised by high or significant rainfall, particularly of a climate, a period of time or a place.

• “pluvial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “pluvial” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.

Learned borrowing from Latin pluviālis.

• Hyphenation: plu‧vi‧al

pluvial m or f (plural pluviais)

1. (relational) rain; pluvial

   água pluvial ― rainwater

• chuva

From French pluvial, from Latin pluvialis.

pluvial m or n (feminine singular pluvială, masculine plural pluviali, feminine and neuter plural pluviale)

1. stormy

Borrowed from Latin pluviālis. See also lluvia.

• IPA^(key): /pluˈbjal/ [pluˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: plu‧vial

pluvial (plural pluviales)

1. (relational) rain; pluvial

   agua pluvial ― rainwater

• lluvia

• “pluvial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014