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impluvium

impluvium noun: a low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.

Noun

impluvium (plural impluviums or impluvia)

  1. A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.

impluvium meaning in Tamil

impluvium in Tamil

நடுமுற்றத்தங்கணம்

Forms of impluvium

pluralimpluviums
pluralimpluvia

Origin of impluvium

Latin impluvium, from impluit (“rains upon”)

Questions about impluvium

What does impluvium mean?
Impluvium means a low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.
What is impluvium in Tamil?
Impluvium in Tamil is நடுமுற்றத்தங்கணம். See Impluvium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is impluvium?
Impluvium is a noun.
What is the plural of impluvium?
The plural of impluvium is impluviums.

Words near impluvium in the dictionary

  1. implunge
  2. implunged
  3. implunges
  4. implunging
  5. impluvia
  6. impluvium
  7. impluviums
  8. imply
  9. implying
  10. implyings
  11. impocket

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Adapted from Wiktionary: impluvium (page history and authors); impluvium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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