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rain
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?n, IPA(key): /?e?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Homophones: reign, rein
Etymology 1
From Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English r?n, re?n (“rain”), from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regn? (“rain”) (compare West Frisian rein, Dutch regen, German Regen, Danish and Norwegian regn), of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hré?-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hre?- (“to flow”) (compare Latin rig? (“wet, soak”), Lithuanian rõki (“drizzling rain”), Albanian rrjedh (“to flow, drip”)), although the consonant reflexes don't match.
Alternative forms
- rayne, raygne (obsolete)
Noun
rain (usually uncountable, plural rains)
- Condensed water falling from a cloud.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to cause rain.
- This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to cause rain.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
- (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
Usage notes
- shower, downpour, drop are some of the words used to count rain.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hydrometeor
Derived terms
- Also see terms derived from the verb
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: alen
Translations
See rain/translations § Noun.
Verb
rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)
- (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
- (intransitive) To fall as or like rain.
- (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
Derived terms
- Also see terms derived from the noun
Translations
See rain/translations § Verb.
Etymology 2
Verb
rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)
- Obsolete form of reign.
- Such wondrous science in mans witt to rain.
See also
- drizzle
- hail
- mizzle
- precipitation
- serein
- shower
- sleet
- snow
- storm
- Wikipedia article on rain
Anagrams
- ARIN, Arin, Iran, Irân, Ir?n, NIRA, Nair, RNAi, Rani, Rian, Rina, arni, rani
Japanese
Romanization
rain
- R?maji transcription of ???
Kavalan
Noun
rain
- waves in the open sea
Sera
Noun
rain
- water
References
- Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics (2010, ?ISBN, page 333
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
Sissano
Noun
rain
- water
References
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
- John Nystrom, Sissano Organised Phonology Data (1992) (as rayn several times in a story; compare ranrayn "wet")
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