Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pluvious

/ˈpluː.vi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: plu-vi-ous
IPA: /ˈpluː.vi.əs/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving or relating to rain; rainy.

Example Sentences

"In places ouer colde And pluuyous, olyues is to done To kitte, and mosse awey be rased wolde."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pluviōsus (“rainy”).

Inflected Forms

more pluvious (comparative) most pluvious (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce pluvious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpluː.vi.əs/.
What does pluvious mean?: Involving or relating to rain; rainy.
Where does pluvious come from?: Borrowed from Latin pluviōsus (“rainy”).

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