pleuvoir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French plovoir, from earlier pluveir, from Vulgar Latin *plovere (with a change in conjugation to *plovēre), from Classical Latin pluere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plø.vwaʁ/ Rhymes: -waʁ === Verb === pleuvoir (impersonal) to rain pleuvoir à seaux ― to rain buckets pleuvoir à verse ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) pleuvoir à boire debout ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) pleuvoir des hallebardes ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) pleuvoir des cordes ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Conjugation ==== This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third-person. The third-person plural forms are only used figuratively. Rarely, the inflections pleus/pleux, pleuvons, pleuvez, and pleuvras are found. ==== Derived terms ==== pleuviner ==== Related terms ==== pluie pluvieux === Further reading === “pleuvoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012