different between pluvial vs nonpluvial

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

English

Etymology

non- +? pluvial

Adjective

nonpluvial (not comparable)

1. Not pluvial.