pluie
French
Etymology
From Middle French pluye, from Old French pluie, from a Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia, from Latin pluvia (with influence from Vulgar Latin *plovō, plovere). Compare Occitan pluèja, Catalan pluja, Italian pioggia, Romanian ploaie, also Portuguese chuva, Spanish lluvia.
Pronunciation
Noun
pluie f (plural pluies)
- rain
- Des pluies torrentielles se sont abattues la semaine dernière.
- Torrential rain struck down last week.
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Further reading
- “pluie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia, from Latin pluvia (with influence from Vulgar Latin *plovō, plovere).
Noun
pluie oblique singular, f (oblique plural pluies, nominative singular pluie, nominative plural pluies)
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