Interlingua

Noun

pluvia ‎(plural pluvias)

1. rain

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of pluvius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.wi.a/, [ˈpɫʊ.wi.a]

Noun

pluvia f ‎(genitive pluviae); first declension

1. rain
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 6.671

     tempestātēs pluviae

     tempests of rain

2. (later) a shower (of something)

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pluvius
• pluit

Synonyms

• imber

Descendants

Adjective

pluvia

1. feminine nominative singular of pluvius
2. feminine vocative singular of pluvius
3. neuter nominative plural of pluvius
4. neuter accusative plural of pluvius
5. neuter vocative plural of pluvius

pluviā

1. feminine ablative singular of pluvius

References

• pluvia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pluvia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pluvia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.