pluvieux

Borrowed from Latin pluviōsus. Supplanted the inherited Old French plujos, pluios.

• IPA^(key): /ply.vjø/

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

1. rainy (characterised by rain)

   Near-synonym: humide

   Antonym: sec

   climat pluvieux ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   la saison pluvieuse ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   des journées pluvieuses ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   une région pluvieuse ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 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).

• pluviosité

• pluie
• pluviôse
• pleuvoir

• “pluvieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “pluvieux” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.