different between fluvial vs pluvial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluvi?lis.

Adjective

fluvial (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream

Synonyms

• (of a river): fluviatile, riverine

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• fluavil, vialful

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluvi?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /flu.vi?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /flu.bi?al/

Adjective

fluvial (masculine and feminine plural fluvials)

1. fluvial

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluvi?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fly.vjal/
• Homophones: fluviale, fluviales

Adjective

fluvial (feminine singular fluviale, masculine plural fluviaux, feminine plural fluviales)

1. fluvial

Related terms

• fleuve

Further reading

• “fluvial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Latin fluvi?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [flu?vi?a?l]
• Hyphenation: flu?vi?al

Adjective

fluvial (not comparable)

1. fluvial

Declension

Further reading

• “fluvial” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fluvialis

Adjective

fluvial (masculine and feminine fluvial, neuter fluvialt, definite singular and plural fluviale)

1. fluvial

References

• “fluvial” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fluvialis

Adjective

fluvial (masculine and feminine fluvial, neuter fluvialt, definite singular and plural fluviale)

1. fluvial

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluvi?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flu.?vja?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flu.?vjaw/
• Hyphenation: flu?vi?al

Adjective

fluvial m or f (plural fluviais, comparable)

1. fluvial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fluvial, Latin fluvi?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fluvi?al]

Adjective

fluvial m or n (feminine singular fluvial?, masculine plural fluviali, feminine and neuter plural fluviale)

1. fluvial

Declension

Related terms

• fluviu (plural: fluvii)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluvi?lis.

Adjective

fluvial (plural fluviales)

1. fluvial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pluvial, from Old French, from Latin pluvi?lis (“rainy”).

Adjective

pluvial (comparative more pluvial, superlative most pluvial)

1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain
2. (geology) occurring through the action of rain

Derived terms

• pluvial lake

Related terms

• pluvious

Translations

Noun

pluvial (plural pluvials)

1. (geology) a rainy period

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pluvi?lis.

Adjective

pluvial m or f (plural pluviais, comparable)

1. pluvial, rain (attributive)

   água pluvial - rainwater

Related terms

• chuva

Romanian

Etymology

From French pluvial, from Latin pluvialis.

Adjective

pluvial m or n (feminine singular pluvial?, masculine plural pluviali, feminine and neuter plural pluviale)

1. stormy

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pluvi?lis. See also lluvia.

Adjective

pluvial (plural pluviales)

1. (relational) rain; pluvial

Related terms

• lluvia