No. 1,044 in French
pluie
Rain.
In a sentence
La pluie tombe doucement sur les toits.
The rain is gently falling on the rooftops.
Here, 'pluie' is used as a noun to refer to the phenomenon of rain.
Il a une pluie d'idées chaque jour.
He has a rain of ideas every day.
In this usage, 'pluie' metaphorically means 'a torrent' or 'a large quantity of ideas'.
Depuis ce matin, il pleut sans arrêt.
Since this morning, it has been raining nonstop.
This sentence uses 'pleut', derived from 'pluie', as a verb to describe the act of raining.
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