Interlingua edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pluvia (rain).

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Noun edit

pluvia (plural pluvias)

  1. rain

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

  • *plovia > *ploia (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology edit

Feminine form of pluvius.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pluvia f (genitive pluviae); first declension

  1. rain
  2. (later) a shower (of something)

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pluvia pluviae
Genitive pluviae pluviārum
Dative pluviae pluviīs
Accusative pluviam pluviās
Ablative pluviā pluviīs
Vocative pluvia pluviae

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Adjective edit

pluvia

  1. inflection of pluvius:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Adjective edit

pluviā

  1. feminine ablative singular of pluvius

References edit

  • pluvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pluvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pluvia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin pluvia. Doublet of lluvia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈplubja/ [ˈplu.β̞ja]
  • Rhymes: -ubja
  • Syllabification: plu‧via

Noun edit

pluvia f (plural pluvias)

  1. rain
  2. shower (precipitation)

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