pleuvoir/plø.vwaʁ/
verb · A2 · Frequency 2331
verb
Meanings
to rain
Impersonal verb, usually used in the third person singular form 'pleut', indicating the occurrence of rain.
Examples
Il pourrait pleuvoir pendant la cérémonie de samedi.
It might rain during Saturday's ceremony.
Nous préférons attendre avant de partir, car il risque de pleuvoir.
We prefer to wait before leaving because it may rain.
Entendre pleuvoir sur le toit m'aide à m'endormir.
Hearing rain fall on the roof helps me fall asleep.
Collocations
- il pleutit is raining
- pleuvoir abondammentto rain heavily
- pleuvoir toute la journéeto rain all day
Common mistakes
Aujourd’hui, il est pleuvoir.
Aujourd’hui, il pleut.
For the weather meaning, the verb pleuvoir is used directly in the impersonal form il pleut; it does not follow être as in the English structure.
Related words
- synonymtomberto fall (rain, snow, etc.)
synonympleuvoir à verseto rain heavily
Grammar note
Pleuvoir is an impersonal verb used only in the third person singular form (il pleut).
verb
Meanings
to rain
Impersonal verb, usually used in the third person singular form 'pleut', indicating the occurrence of rain.
Examples
Il a plu toute la nuit.
It rained all night.
Après avoir plu pendant des heures, le ciel s'est enfin éclairci.
After raining for hours, the sky finally cleared.
Il avait plu si fort que la route était inondée.
It had rained so heavily that the road was flooded.
Grammar note
Pleuvoir is an impersonal verb used only in the third person singular form (il pleut).
verb
Meanings
to rain
Impersonal verb, usually used in the third person singular form 'pleut', indicating the occurrence of rain.
Examples
Il pleut depuis le début de l après-midi.
It has been raining since the beginning of the afternoon.
Quand il pleut, je prends le bus pour aller travailler.
When it rains, I take the bus to work.
Il pleut tellement que la cour est déjà pleine de flaques.
It is raining so heavily that the courtyard is already full of puddles.
Collocations
- il pleutit is raining
- pleuvoir abondammentto rain heavily
- pleuvoir toute la journéeto rain all day
Common mistakes
Aujourd’hui, il est pleuvoir.
Aujourd’hui, il pleut.
For the weather meaning, the verb pleuvoir is used directly in the impersonal form il pleut; it does not follow être as in the English structure.
Related words
- synonymtomberto fall (rain, snow, etc.)
synonympleuvoir à verseto rain heavily
Grammar note
Pleuvoir is an impersonal verb used only in the third person singular form (il pleut).
verb
Meanings
to rain
Impersonal verb, usually used in the third person singular form 'pleut', indicating the occurrence of rain.
Examples
Au printemps, les gouttes pleuvent souvent sur les vitres.
In spring, raindrops often fall on the windows.
Quand l'orage éclate, les gouttes pleuvent sur les toits.
When the storm breaks, raindrops fall on the roofs.
Sous le ciel gris, les flocons pleuvent sur la route.
Under the gray sky, snowflakes rain down on the road.
Grammar note
Pleuvoir is an impersonal verb used only in the third person singular form (il pleut).