Rain

From Fresh Dictionary

1 English
2 Japanese
- 2.1 Romaji

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English

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Etymology

Old English reÄ¡n.

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Pronunciation

AHD: rÄn
IPA: /reÉªn/
SAMPA: /reIn/
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Rhymes: -eÉªn

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Homophones

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Noun

Singular
rain

Plural
rains

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Condensed water falling from a cloud.

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Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

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An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.

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Translations

Albanian: shi
Arabic: ÙØ·Ø± (maÅ§ar)
Bosnian: kiÅ¡a f s, kiÅ¡e f pl
Catalan: pluja f. (ca)
Chinese: é¨ (yÇ)
Cornish: glaw
Croatian: kiÅ¡a f
Czech: dÃ©Å¡Å¥ m.
Dutch: regen m.
Esperanto: pluvo
Estonian: vihm
Finnish: sade
French: pluie f.
Frisian: rein
German: Regen m. (de) (1,2,3)
GuaranÃ: ama
Hebrew: ××©× m.
Hindi: à¤®à¥à¤¹
Hungarian: esÅ
Ido: pluvo
Indonesian: hujan
Interlingua: pluvia
Italian: pioggia f.

Japanese: é¨ (ãã, ame)
Korean: ë¹ (bi)
Kurdish: baran
Latvian: lietus m.
Lithuanian: lietus m.
Lojban: carvi
Old English: reÄ¡n
Persian: Ø¨Ø§Ø±Ø§Ù (bÄrÄn)
Pitjantjatjara: kapi, mina
Polish: deszcz m.
Portuguese: chuva f.
Quechua: para
Romanian: ploaie f.
Russian: Ð´Ð¾Ð¶Ð´Ñ
Serbian:

Cyrillic: ÐºÐ¸ÑÐ° f s, ÐºÐ¸ÑÐµ f pl
Latin: kiÅ¡a f s, kiÅ¡e f pl

Setswana: pula
Slovak: dÃ¡Å¾Ä m.
Slovene: deÅ¾ m.
Spanish: lluvia f.
Swahili: mvua
Swedish: regn
Tagalog: ulan
Telugu: à°µà°¾à°¨ (vaana), à°µà°°à±à°·à° (varshaM)
Thai: à¸à¸
TupinambÃ¡: amana
Turkish: yaÄmur

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Verb

Infinitive
to rain

Third person singular
rains

Simple past
rained

Past participle
rained

Present participle
raining

(avalent) Of rain: To fall from the sky.
It will rain today.
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To fall in large quantities.

Bombs rained from the sky.
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