Pluvial Definition

plo͝ovē-əl
adjective
Of or having to do with rain.
Webster's New World
Having much rain.
Webster's New World
Formed by the action of rain.
Webster's New World
noun
An extended period of abundant rainfall, especially such a period of the Pleistocene Epoch.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Pluvial

Noun

Singular:
pluvial
Plural:
pluvials

Origin of Pluvial

  • Latin pluviālis from pluvia rain pluvious

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pluviālis (“rainy").

    From Wiktionary

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