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Webster 1913 Edition

Pluvial

Plu′vi-al

,
Adj.
[L.
pluvialis
, fr.
pluvia
rain: cf. F.
pluvial
. See
Plover
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.
[R.]
2.
(Geol.)
Produced by the action of rain.

Plu′vi-al

,
Noun.
[LL.
pluviale
a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F.
pluvial
.]
A priest’s cope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pluvial

PLU'VIAL

Definition 2024

pluvial

pluvial

English

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

Translations

Noun

pluvial ‎(plural pluvials)

  1. (geology) a rainy period

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pluviālis. See also lluvia.

Adjective

pluvial m, f ‎(plural pluviales)

  1. pertaining to rain
    agua pluvial - rainwater

Etymology

From French pluvial, from Old French, from Latin pluviālis ‎(“rainy”).

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