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7-letter words (1 found)

PLUVIAL,

6-letter words (3 found)

PILLAU,PILULA,PULVIL,

5-letter words (3 found)

PILAU,PULLI,VILLA,

4-letter words (16 found)

LIPA,PAIL,PALI,PALL,PAUL,PIAL,PILA,PILL,PULA,PULI,PULL,ULVA,VAIL,VALI,VIAL,VILL,

3-letter words (18 found)

AIL,ALL,ALP,ALU,ILL,LAP,LAV,LIP,LUV,PAL,PAV,PIA,PIU,PLU,PUL,UVA,VAU,VIA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,LA,LI,PA,PI,UP,

You can make 48 words from pluvial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pluvial

pluvial

Etymology

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

Adjective

pluvial (comparative more pluvial, superlative most pluvial)

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

Derived terms

  • pluvial lake

Related terms

  • pluvious

Translations

Noun

pluvial (plural pluvials)

  1. (geology) a rainy period

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ply.vjal/

Adjective

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

  1. pluvial, (relational) rain-
    eaux pluviales (originating in, formed of, or coming from fallen rain) ― rainwater
    érosion pluviale (caused by rainfall) ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

  • 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.

Noun

pluvial m (plural pluviaux)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) cope
    Synonym: chape

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pluviālis.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: plu‧vi‧al

Adjective

pluvial m or f (plural pluviais)

  1. (relational) rain; pluvial
    águas pluviais ― rainwater

Related terms

  • chuva

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pluvial, from Latin pluvialis.

Adjective

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

  1. stormy

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pluviālis. See also lluvia.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

pluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural pluviales)

  1. (relational) rain; pluvial
    agua pluvial ― rainwater

Related terms

Further reading

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

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