pluie
French
Etymology
From Middle French pluye, from Old French pluie, from a Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia, from Latin pluvia (with influence from the verb *plovere). Compare Occitan pluèja, Catalan pluja, Italian pioggia, Romanian ploaie, also Portuguese chuva, Spanish lluvia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɥi/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -i
Noun
pluie f (plural pluies)
- rain
- Hyponym: déluge
- Des pluies torrentielles se sont abattues la semaine dernière.
- Torrential rain struck down last week.
- (figuratively) loads of sth
- Hyponym: déluge
- Il a reçu une pluie de messages de recruteurs cherchant à le débaucher.
- He received a flood of messages from recruiters looking to poach him.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Haitian Creole: lapli
Further reading
- “pluie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- ploige, pleuge
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia, from Latin pluvia (with influence from Vulgar Latin *plovere).
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