different between dew vs raindrop

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dju?/
• IPA^(key): /d?u?/ (among those with yod-coalescence in stressed syllables)
• (US) IPA^(key): /du/ (among those with yod-dropping)

• Homophones: do, doo (with yod-dropping), Jew (with yod-coalescence), due

Etymology 1

From Middle English dew, from Old English d?aw (“dew”), from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *daww? (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with German Tau, Dutch dauw and Afrikaans dou.

Noun

dew (countable and uncountable, plural dews)

1. (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
2. (uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.

   Synonym: (obsolete) rore
3. (countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.

4. (figuratively) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
5. (figuratively) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
   • the dew of his youth

Usage notes

• Although the countable sense is still used, the plural form is now archaic or poetic only.

Derived terms

• dew point
• honeydew

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dewe, dewyn, from Old English *d?awian, from the same source as above.

Verb

dew (third-person singular simple present dews, present participle dewing, simple past and past participle dewed)

1. To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
   • 1887, Andrew B. Saxton, "Sunken Graves", in The Century

     The grasses grew / A little ranker since they dewed them so.

Related terms

• bedew

Translations

Anagrams

• Wed, Wed., we'd, wed

Catalan

Etymology

From adéu.

Interjection

dew

1. (Internet slang) bye

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *d?w, from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?.

Numeral

dew m (feminine form diw)

1. two

Mutation

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English d?aw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *daww?.

Alternative forms

• deu, dewe, deaw, deau, dew?, dæw, deew, dieu?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?u?/
• Rhymes: -?u?

Noun

dew (plural dewes)

1. dew; moisture present on plants.
2. (figuratively) A rejuvenating substance.
3. (rare) Sodden or water-soaked terrain.

Derived terms

• dewy
• dewyn
• dewynge

Descendants

• English: dew
• Scots: dew, deow, dyow
• Yola: dhew

References

• “deu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Etymology 2

Adjective

dew

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Noun

dew

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /de?u?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /d?u?/

Adjective

dew

1. Soft mutation of tew.

Mutation

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian ??? (deh).

Noun

dew ?

1. village

Declension

See also

• dew?c

English

Etymology

From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English re?ndropa (“drop of rain, raindrop”), from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain +? drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe (“raindrop”), West Frisian reindrip (“raindrop”), Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel (“raindrop”), German Low German Regendrüpp (“raindrop”), German Regentropfen (“raindrop”), Swedish regndroppe (“raindrop”), Icelandic regndropi (“raindrop”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?n?dr?p, IPA^(key): /??e?nd??p/
• (General American) enPR: r?n?dr?p, IPA^(key): /??e?nd??p/

Noun

raindrop (plural raindrops)

1. A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
   • 1902, John Muir, "The Grand Cañon of the Colorado":

     It is all so fine and orderly that it would seem that not only had the clouds and streams been kept harmoniously busy in the making of it, but that every raindrop sent like a bullet to a mark had been the subject of a separate thought, so sure is the outcome of beauty through the stormy centuries.

   • 1969, Hal David (lyricist), “Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head”.

Hypernyms

• drop

Translations