pluvial

English

adj

Definitions

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French pluvial derived from Latin pluviālis (rainy).

Origin

Latin

pluviālis

Gloss

rainy

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

antipluvial English
interpluvial English
nonpluvial English
*ploia Latin
*plovia Latin
*pluviārius Latin
*pluvīna Latin
parare, parō Latin
plovia, *ploia Latin
pluvia Latin
pluviālis Latin
pluviale Italian
pluviograaf Dutch, Flemish
pluvial French
pluvial Spanish, Castilian
*plew- Proto-Indo-European
chuva Portuguese
pluvial Portuguese
pluvo Esperanto
chuvia Old Portuguese
plievgia Romansh
plievia Romansh
plövgia Romansh
lluvia Asturian
lluuia Old Spanish
pleuge Bourguignon
pluvia Interlingua