No. 11,041 in French
pleuvoir
"Pleuvoir" means "to rain."
In a sentence
Il pleut beaucoup aujourd'hui.
It is raining a lot today.
This sentence uses 'pleuvoir' in the present tense to describe the current weather condition.
S'il continue de pleuvoir, nous annulerons la sortie.
If it keeps raining, we will cancel the outing.
Here, 'pleuvoir' is used in its infinitive form after 'continuer de' to express a continuous action.
Hier, il a plu pendant toute la journée.
Yesterday, it rained throughout the day.
In this case, 'pleuvoir' is conjugated in the past tense (passé composé) to describe a completed action in the past.
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