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pluvieux

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Etymology

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From Middle French pluvieux, from Old French pluviex (13th c.), from Latin pluviōsus. The regular descendant of this is Old French plujos, which would have yielded modern *plugeux; compare Catalan plujós. By analogy with pluie, there was also a byform pluios (Middle French pluyeux), in which /v/ may have been inserted after plovoir; compare the Middle French variants plouvieux, pleuvieux. However, the form may also be of learned origin and was, at any rate, reinforced by its Latinate shape.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ply.vjø/
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Adjective

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pluvieux (feminine pluvieuse, masculine plural pluvieux, feminine plural pluvieuses)

  1. rainy (characterised by rain)
    Antonym: sec
    Near-synonym: humide
    climat pluvieuxwet climate
    la saison pluvieusethe wet season
    des journées pluvieusesrainy days
    une région pluvieusea wet region, a rainy region

Usage notes

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  • Not to be confused with pluvial, which describes that which has fallen rain as its origin (e.g. eaux pluviales, rainwater as a collective) or cause (e.g. erosion resulting from rainfall).

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