piovoso

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjoˈvo.zo/, (traditional) /pjoˈvo.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: pio‧vó‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin pluviōsus. By surface analysis, piova (literary or regional variant of pioggia (rain)) +‎ -ia (-y) +‎ -oso.

Alternative forms

Adjective

piovoso (feminine piovosa, masculine plural piovosi, feminine plural piovose)

  1. (weather) rainy, wet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Taken from Latin pluviōsus (rainy), as a calque of French pluviôse.

Noun

piovoso m (plural piovosi)

  1. (historical) Pluviôse (the fifth month of the French Republican Calendar)
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