Rainbow

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From Old English reġnboga, from Old High German reganbogo, from OHG regan, rain, + biogo, bow.

Pronunciation

• rān'bō, /ˈreɪnbəʊ/, /"reInb@U/

Noun

rainbow (plural: rainbows)

1. Multicoloured arch in the sky produced by refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
2. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
3. (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow curveball

Translations

Albanian: ylber m Amharic: ቀስተ፡ደመና (k'ästä dämäna) Amuzgo: kítzú jn'â Arabic: قوس قزح (qaws quzah) Armenian: Õ®Õ«Õ¡Õ®Õ¡Õ¶ (ciacan) Aymara: kurumi Basque: ostadar, ortzadar Breton: kanevedenn f, gwareg-ar-glav f Bulgarian: дъга Catalan: arc de sant martí m, arc d'iris m Chichewa: utawaleza Chinese: 隮 (jÄ«); 彩虹 (cǎi hóng) Czech: duha Danish: regnbue Dutch: regenboog m Esperanto: ĉielarko Finnish: sateenkaari French: arc-en-ciel m Frisian: reinbôge Galician: arco da vella m German: Regenbogen m Gikuyu: műkűnga-mbura Greek: Î¿Ï ÏÎ¬Î½Î¹Î¿ τόξο n (uránio tóxo) Hausa: bàkan gizò m Hawaiian: ānuenue Hebrew: קשת בענן m (keshet be'anan) Hungarian: szivárvány Ido : ciel-arko Indonesian: pelangi, bianglala Interlingua: iris, iride Italian: arcobaleno m, iride f

Japanese: 虹 (にじ, niji) Latin: arcus m Malay: pelangi, benang raja Manx: goal twoaie m, Bhow Ghoree m (poetic) Maori: kahukura, aaheahea, paahoka, uenuku, kairangi, rore, taawhanawhana Mongolian: солонго (solongo) Nahuatl: cozamalotl Nepali: इन्द्रेनी (indreni) Norwegian: regnbue Old English: reġnboga Persian: رنگین ک٠ان Polish: tęcza f Portuguese: arco-íris m Quechua: kurmi Romanian: curcubeu n Russian: радуга (raduga) Slovene: mavrica f Somali: qaanso, jeegaan, caasha carab dheer Spanish: arco iris m Swedish: regnbåge Tahitian: anuanua Tamil: வானவில் (vānavil) Turkish: gökkkuşağı [-nı] Volapük: reinabob Welsh: enfys, bwa'r Drindod, bwa'r arch Yiddish: (regn-boygn) m Yucatec: cheel

Synonyms

• spectrum (2)

Adjective

rainbow (no comparative or superlative)

1. Having, or shining with, the colors of the rainbow: iridescent.
2. Multicoloured.
3. Special, enigmatic.

Translations

Bulgarian: многоцветен m, пъстроцветен m Dutch: regenboogkleurig, iriserend French: iridescent m, iridescente f German: irisierend (iridescent), schillernd or regenbogenlich (having the colors of the rainbow), bunt (multicolor)

Interlingua: iridescente Polish: tęczowy m, tęczowa f, tęczowe n,pl Portuguese: iridescente m & f Spanish: irisado m, irisada f, iridiscente m & f

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