Rain
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English
Pronunciation
- rān, /reɪn/, /reIn/
- Homophones: reign, rein
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun
rain (uncountable and countable; plural: rains)
Translations
- Catalan: pluja f (ca)
- Dutch: regen m
- Finnish: sade
- French: pluie f
- Frisian: rein
- German: Regen m (de)
- Guaraní: ama
- Hebrew: גשם m
- Indonesian: hujan
- Interlingua: pluvia
- Italian: pioggia f
- Japanese: 雨 (あめ, ame)
- Korean: 비 (bi)
- Lithuanian: lietus m
- Mandarin: 雨 (Pīnyīn: yǔ)
- Persian: باران (bārān)
- Polish: deszcz m
- Portuguese: chuva f
- Romanian: ploaie f
- Russian: дождь
- Setswana: pula
- Slovak: dážď m
- Slovene: dež m
- Spanish: lluvia f
- Swedish: regn
- Tagalog: ulan
- Tupinambá: amana
- Turkish: yağmur
Impersonal verb
to rain (rains, rained, raining)
- It will rain today.
- To fall in large quantities.
- Bombs rained from the sky.
Translations
- Chinese: 下雨, 降雨
- Dutch: regenen
- Finnish: sataa
- French: pleuvoir
- Frisian: reine
- German: regnen
- Guaraní: ky
- Hebrew: ירד גשם
- Indonesian: turun hujan
- Interlingua: pluver
- Italian: piovere
- Japanese: 雨が降る (あめがふる, amega huru)
- Korean: 비가 오다 (bigaoda)
- Polish: padać (o deszczu), Example: Dziś będzie padał deszcz. = It will rain today.
- Portuguese: chover
- Romanian: ploua f
- Russian: идти дождь
- Slovak: pršať (1)
- Slovene: deževati
- Spanish: llover
- Swedish: regna
- Tagalog: mag-ulan
- Tupinambá: kyr
- Turkish: yağmak
Transitive verb
to rain (rains, rained, raining)
- To issue (something) in large quantities.
- The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
Related terms
- rain cats and dogs
- rain dogs and cats
- raincoat
- rain down
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain gauge
- rain off
- rain-soaked
See also
- Wikipedia article on rain
