pluvial means of, pertaining to, or produced by rain.
pluvial is pronounced /ˈplu.vi.əl/.
Why “pluvial” is a great word
Of, relating to, or caused by rain. From French pluvial, from Latin pluviālis ("pertaining to rain"), from pluvia ("rain"), first attested in English in the 1650s. Unlike the archaic "pluvious" or the merely atmospheric "humid," pluvial describes rain's direct agency and its patient, geological legacy. It is the rhythmic percussion on a tin roof that outlasts the night, the slow darkening of stone under centuries of downpour, and the quiet, mineral scent of earth after a long drought—a term for the quiet insistence that even absence can be measured in drops.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pluvial, from Middle French pluvial, borrowed from Latin pluviālis (“pertaining to rain”).
adj
- Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain.
- Occurring through the action of rain.
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