LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

pluvia

pluvia f (genitive pluviae)
Classical[ˈpɫʊ.wi.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈpluː.vi.a]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. femininerain
  2. femininea shower (of something)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

aqua quae dē caelō cadit; pluvia agrōs bibere facit.
pluvia -ae f — in Mille Verba, Caelum et Tempestātēs

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Pluvia · Imber · Nimbus

Pluvia (from πλεῦσαι) denotes rain as a beneficial natural phenomenon, which, as it falls on the land, the thirsty ground absorbs, like ὑετός; imber and nimbus involve the notion of an unfriendly phenomenon, which, falling in a particular district, disperses the fine weather; imber (ὄμβρος, from μύρω) so far as the rain is attended by cold and stormy weather; nimbus (from nivere, νίφα, νίπτω) so far as it is attended with cloudy weather. (ii. 88.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepluviapluviae
genitivepluviaepluviārum
dativepluviaepluviīs
accusativepluviampluviās
ablativepluviāpluviīs
vocativepluviapluviae

plŭvĭa, ae, f. (sc. aqua) [pluvius].
I. Rain (class.; cf. imber): pluvias metuo, Cic. Att. 15, 16: tenues, Verg. G. 1, 92: in gens, id. ib. 325: a pluviā tueri, Juv. 3, 202: de pluviis loqui, id. 4, 87: pluviarum signa, Sen. Q. N. 1, 9, 1: qui aufert stillas pluviae, Vulg. Job, 36, 27.—
II. Transf., a fall or shower of any thing (post-class.; cf. pluo); of blossoms, Claud. Nupt. Honor. 298: pluvia ignea, Aug. Quaest. in Num. 4, 27; id. Serm. 105, 7.—
III. Rain-water (post-Aug.): admixtā pluviā, Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 103.

Origins

Ellipsis of tempestās pluvia (“rainy weather”), from pluvius (“rainy”).

Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishlluvia
  • Asturianlluvia
  • Asturianchuvia
  • Extremaduranlluvia
  • Leoneselluvia
  • Leonesechuvia
  • Mirandesechuba
  • Old Galician-Portuguesechuvia
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*plŏvia

In English words that came into English from pluvia

  • pluvialpluviālis
  • pluviouspluviōsus
  • equipluvepluvia
  • Pluviôsepluviōsus
  • chubascopluvia

Quick answers

What does pluvia mean in Latin?
pluvia, a noun, means “rain; a shower (of something)”.
What is the genitive of pluvia?
The genitive singular is pluviae. pluvia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce pluvia?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɫʊ.wi.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpluː.vi.a].
Which English words come from pluvia?
English words that go back to Latin pluvia include equipluve, chubasco, pluvial, pluvious and Pluviôse.