different between pluvial vs utility

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

utile +? -ity, from Old French utilitet (“usefulness”), from Latin ?tilit?s, from uti (“to use”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju??t?l.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

utility (countable and uncountable, plural utilities)

1. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
2. Something that is useful.
3. (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
4. (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
5. (business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
6. (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software.

   I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.

   • 1982, InfoWorld (volume 4, number 10, page 35)

     The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.

7. (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.

Antonyms

• disutility
• inutility

Derived terms

• beautility
• multiutility
• utilitarian

Translations

Adjective

utility

1. Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.

   utility line; utility bill

2. Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace, water tank/heater, circuit breaker, and/or air conditioning unit; and often equipped with hookups for laundry equipment (washer/dryer).

   utility room

Synonyms

• (state of being useful): usefulness, note
• See also Thesaurus:utility

Spanish

Noun

utility m (plural utilitys)

1. (sports) utility