Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/plɥi/

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Translation

rain

Word origin

From Vulgar Latin ploia, from Latin pluvia ('rain'), from pluere ('to rain'). The English 'pluvial' shares this root.

Origin
Latin
Root
pluvia
English cognates
pluvial

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralpluies

Examples

.

The rain has been falling without stopping since this morning.

.

We cannot go out with this rain.

, .

After the rain, the sky becomes very clear.

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This rain will do the garden good.

parapluie, .

Take your umbrella, there is a lot of rain outside.

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This word is part of lesson 33.