diluvial

diluvial

English

Etymology

From Late Latin dīluviālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈluːvi.əl/

Adjective

diluvial (not comparable)

1. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
2. (biblical) Pertaining to Noah's Flood.

Synonyms

• diluvian

Derived terms

• diluvialism
• diluvialist

Related terms

• deluge
• antediluvian

Translations

Relating to a flood

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: делувиален (deluvialen) Catalan: diluvià (ca), diluvial Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: diluviaal (nl) Finnish: tulva-, diluviaalinen (fi) French: diluvial (fr) Friulian: diluviâl Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: sintflutartig (de) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: diluviale Occitan: please add this translation if you can Polish: potopowy, dyluwialny Portuguese: diluvial Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: diluvial Swedish: diluvial

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Catalan

Etymology

From diluvi +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.lu.viˈal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /di.lu.biˈal/

Adjective

diluvial (masculine and feminine plural diluvials)

1. diluvial

   Synonym: diluvià

Further reading

• “diluvial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

Latin diluvium (“flood”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ly.vjal/

Adjective

diluvial (feminine diluviale, masculine plural diluviaux, feminine plural diluviales)

1. diluvial

   Synonym: diluvien

Further reading

• “diluvial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French [Term?].

Adjective

diluvial m or n (feminine singular diluvială, masculine plural diluviali, feminine and neuter plural diluviale)

1. diluvial

Declension

Declension of diluvial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	diluvial		diluvială	diluviali	diluviale
	definite	diluvialul		diluviala	diluvialii	diluvialele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	diluvial		diluviale	diluviali	diluviale
	definite	diluvialului		diluvialei	diluvialilor	diluvialelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From diluvio +‎ -al, from Latin dīluvium (“flood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diluˈbjal/ [d̪i.luˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: di‧lu‧vial

Adjective

diluvial (plural diluviales)

1. diluvial

Further reading

• “diluvial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014