The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.
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Pulverulent
//pʌlˈvɛɹjələnt//
Synonyms for "pulverulent" (24 found)
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5 translations across 5 languages.
French
1 entries- pulvérulent adj (consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder)
Italian
1 entries- polverulento adj (consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder)
Latin
1 entries- pulverulentus adj (consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder)
Occitan
1 entries- pulverulent adj (consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder)
Spanish
1 entries- pulverulento adj (consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder)
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2004, Umberto Eco (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, →ISBN, p. 120, If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.
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