"diluvial" meaning in English

See diluvial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /daɪˈluːvi.əl/
Etymology: From Late Latin dīluviālis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|dīluviālis}} Late Latin dīluviālis Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} diluvial (not comparable)
  1. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-diluvial-en-adj-ISVnsRBa
  2. (biblical) Pertaining to Noah's Flood. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Bible Translations (Relating to a flood): делувиален (deluvialen) (Bulgarian), diluvià (Catalan), diluvial (Catalan), diluviaal (Dutch), tulva- (Finnish), diluviaalinen (Finnish), diluvial (French), diluviâl (Friulian), sintflutartig (German), diluviale (Italian), diluvial (Occitan), diluviau (Occitan), potopowy (Polish), dyluwialny (Polish), diluvial (Portuguese), diluvial (Spanish), diluvial (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-diluvial-en-adj-zKtg-lEI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 90 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'Relating to a flood': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diluvian Derived forms: antediluvial, diluvialism, diluvialist, postdiluvial, prediluvial Related terms: deluge, antediluvian

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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