FromLate Latindīluviālis.
diluvial (notcomparable)
- Relating to or produced by aflood ordeluge.
1975 August 18 [1974 May], “Study of China's Deserts [中国沙漠概论 CHUNG-KUO SHA-MO KAI-LUN]”, inTranslations on People's Republic of China,number316,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,page47[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 slopingdiluvial 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.
- (biblical) Pertaining to Noah's Flood.
Fromdiluvi +-al.
diluvial m orf (masculine and feminine pluraldiluvials)
- diluvial
- Synonym:diluvià
FromLatindiluvium(“flood”) +-al.
diluvial (femininediluviale,masculine pluraldiluviaux,feminine pluraldiluviales)
- (archaic)diluvial
- Synonym:diluvien
Borrowed fromFrench[Term?].
diluvial m orn (feminine singulardiluvială,masculine pluraldiluviali,feminine and neuter pluraldiluviale)
- diluvial
Fromdiluvio +-al, fromLatindīluvium(“flood”).
- IPA(key): /diluˈbjal/[d̪i.luˈβ̞jal]
- Rhymes:-al
- Syllabification:di‧lu‧vial
diluvial m orf (masculine and feminine pluraldiluviales)
- diluvial
