impluvium
French, noun/ɛ̃.ply.vjɔm/
impluvium is spelled I-M-P-L-U-V-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impluvium is a French masculine noun meaning “impluvium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bassin recueillant les eaux de pluie, situé au centre de l’atrium dans les maisons romaines antiques”.
What does impluvium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimpluvium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bassin recueillant les eaux de pluie, situé au centre de l’atrium dans les maisons romaines antiques. 2. Espace dans une maison contenant un bassin recueillant les eaux de pluie. 3. Espace recueillant les eaux de pluie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impluvium
- impluviums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impluvium?
- /ɛ̃.ply.vjɔm/
- \ɛ̃.ply.vjɔm\
- [ɛ̃.ply.vjɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is impluvium in French?
impluvium appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).