Meaning
rain, pluvial
- Relating to rain or precipitation.
- Characterized by heavy rainfall (as in tropical rainforests).
In a sentence
La deforestazione minaccia la biodiversità della foresta pluviale amazzonica.
Deforestation threatens the biodiversity of the Amazonian rainforest.
Il comune ha installato un nuovo sistema per raccogliere le acque pluviali.
The municipality installed a new system to collect rainwater.
Molte specie endemiche vivono esclusivamente nelle foreste pluviali tropicali.
Many endemic species live exclusively in tropical rainforests.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pluviale | masculine · singular |
| pluviale | feminine · singular |
| pluviali | masculine · plural |
| pluviali | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Most commonly encountered in the phrase foresta pluviale (rainforest).