diluvien

Catalan

Verb

diluvien

1. third-person plural present indicative of diluviar

French

Etymology

From Latin diluvium (whence French déluge) + -ien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ly.vjɛ̃/

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Adjective

diluvien (feminine diluvienne, masculine plural diluviens, feminine plural diluviennes)

1. diluvial

   Synonym: diluvial

2. torrential, floodlike

   Synonym: torrentiel

   des pluies diluviennes ― torrential rain

Derived terms

• antédiluvien

Further reading

• “diluvien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.