Translingual

Proper noun

Pluvialis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Charadriidae – certain plovers.

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Latin

Adjective

pluviālis m, f ‎(neuter pluviāle); third declension

1. Of or pertaining to rain
2. rainy, bringing rain

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to rain): pluviāticus, pluviātilis
• (rainy, bringing rain): pluvius

Related terms

Descendants

• English: pluvial
• Italian: pluviale
• Spanish: pluvial

References

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