diluvial

From Late Latin dīluviālis.

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈluːvi.əl/

diluvial (not comparable)

1. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
   • 1975 August 18 [1974 May], “Study of China's Deserts [中国沙漠概论 CHUNG-KUO SHA-MO KAI-LUN]”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 316, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking, Desert Laboratory Lanchow Institute of Glacier, Frozen Ground and Desert Soil Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences [中国科学院兰州冰川冻土沙漠研究所沙漠研究室], translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 47‎^[1]:

     While stabilized and semistabilized sand dunes prevail in the desert in the Dzungarian Basin, shifting dunes are the rule in this desert, intermittently distributed along both the south and north banks of the O-erh-ch'i-szu Ho in the northwestern part of the basin. Lying under these dunes are the sloping diluvial terraces and undulating slopes of the mountain bases. Due to its high elevation and its being situated in the river valley between the Sa-wu-erh and A-erh-t'ai mountain ranges, gale force wind penetrates the region in winter and little snow is accumulated.

2. (biblical) Pertaining to Noah's Flood.

• diluvian

• deluge
• antediluvian

From diluvi +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.lu.βiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [di.lu.viˈal]

diluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diluvials)

1. diluvial

   Synonym: diluvià

• “diluvial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Latin diluvium (“flood”).

• IPA^(key): /di.ly.vjal/

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

1. diluvial

   Synonym: diluvien

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

Borrowed from French [Term?].

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

1. diluvial

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

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

diluvial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diluviales)

1. diluvial

• “diluvial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024