# pluvial
## English
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

pluvial (comparative more pluvial, superlative most pluvial)
* Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain
    Synonyms: ombro-, pluvio-
* (geology) occurring through the action of rain

#### Derived terms

* pluvial lake

#### Related terms

* pluvious

#### Translations
### Noun

pluvial (plural pluvials)
* (geology) a rainy period

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ply.vjal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

pluvial (feminine pluviale, masculine plural pluviaux, feminine plural pluviales)
* pluvial, (relational) rain-
    Synonyms: ombrique, ombro-, pluvaire, pluvio-
    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.

#### Derived terms

* forêt pluviale
* lac pluvial

#### Related terms

* pluie

### Noun

pluvial m (plural pluviaux)
* (Roman Catholicism) cope
    Synonym: chape

### Further reading

* “pluvial” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “pluvial” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
* Jouy, Alain & De Foucault, Bruno, 2019. Dictionnaire illustré de botanique. Biotope Éditions, Mèze, →ISBN., p. 220.
* “pluvial” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
* “pluvial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /pluˈvial/ [pluˈfi.al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: plu‧vi‧al

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

pluvial
* pluvial: of, pertaining to, or produced by rain; occurring through the action of rain

#### Noun

pluvial (plural pluvial-pluvial)
* pluvial: a rainy period

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pluvial (“cope; rainy”), from Latin pluviālis (literally “rainy”). Compare German Pluviale.

#### Noun

pluvial (plural pluvial-pluvial)
* (Catholicism) cope: a long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

### Further reading

* “pluvial” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pluviālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /plu.viˈaw/ [plu.vɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pluˈvjaw/ [pluˈvjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pluˈvjal/ [pluˈvjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pluˈvjal/ [pluˈvjaɫ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pluˈbjal/ [pluˈβjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pluˈvja.li/
* Hyphenation: plu‧vi‧al

### Adjective

pluvial m or f (plural pluviais)
* (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)
* stormy

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pluviālis. See also lluvia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pluˈbjal/ [pluˈβ̞jal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: plu‧vial

### Adjective

pluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural pluviales)
* (relational) rain; pluvial
    agua pluvial ― rainwater

#### Related terms

* lluvia

### Further reading

* “pluvial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10