This is the 1044th most frequent French word.
pluie
Rain.
This sentence uses 'pleut', derived from 'pluie', as a verb to describe the act of raining.
Depuis ce matin, il pleut sans arrêt.
Since this morning, it has been raining nonstop.
Here, 'pluie' is used as a noun to refer to the phenomenon of rain.
La pluie tombe doucement sur les toits.
The rain is gently falling on the rooftops.
In this usage, 'pluie' metaphorically means 'a torrent' or 'a large quantity of ideas'.