pluvieux
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pluviōsus. Supplanted the inherited Old French plujos, pluios.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pluvieux (feminine pluvieuse, masculine plural pluvieux, feminine plural pluvieuses)
- rainy (characterised by rain)
Usage notes edit
- Not to be confused with pluvial, which describes that which has fallen rain as its origin (e.g. eaux pluviales, rainwater as a collective) or cause (e.g. erosion resulting from rainfall).
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References edit
- “pluvieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “pluvieux” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.