LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

pluviālis

pluviālis (neuter pluviāle)
Classical[pɫʊ.wiˈaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[plu.viˈaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationOf or pertaining to rain
  2. two terminationrainy, bringing rain

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepluviālispluviālispluviāle
genitivepluviālispluviālispluviālis
dativepluviālīpluviālīpluviālī
accusativepluviālempluviālempluviāle
ablativepluviālīpluviālīpluviālī
vocativepluviālispluviālispluviāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepluviālēspluviālēspluviālia
genitivepluviāliumpluviāliumpluviālium
dativepluviālibuspluviālibuspluviālibus
accusativepluviālīs
pluviālēs
pluviālīs
pluviālēs
pluviālia
ablativepluviālibuspluviālibuspluviālibus
vocativepluviālēspluviālēspluviālia

plŭvĭālis, e, adj. pluvia,
I. of or belonging to rain, rainy, rain-: Auster, rainbringing, Verg. G. 3, 429: Haedi, id. A. 9, 668: sidus, Ov. M. 3, 594: fungi, which are produced by rain, id. ib. 7, 393: aqua, rainwater, Sen. Q. N. 3, 7, 4: dies, Col. 2, 13: imbres, Tac. H. 5, 23.

Origins

From pluvia (“rain”) + -ālis, from pluvius (“rainy, bringing rain”).

Descendants
  • Catalanpluvial
  • Englishpluvial
  • Frenchpluvial
  • Italianpluviale
  • Portuguesepluvial
  • Spanishpluvial

In English words that came into English from pluviālis

  • pluvialpluviālis

Quick answers

What does pluviālis mean in Latin?
pluviālis, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to rain; rainy, bringing rain”.
How do you pronounce pluviālis?
In classical Latin, [pɫʊ.wiˈaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [plu.viˈaː.lis].