different between rain vs virga

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)

1. 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.

2. (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
3. (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)

1. (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.

2. (intransitive) To fall as or like rain.

3. (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)

1. 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

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Kavalan

Noun

rain

1. waves in the open sea

Sera

Noun

rain

1. 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

1. 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")

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virga (“rod”). Doublet of verge.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: vûr?g?, IPA^(key): /?v????/

Noun

virga (countable and uncountable, plural virgas or virgae)

1. (music) A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone.
2. (meteorology, countable) A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer.
3. (measurement, countable) A unit of length: a rod, pole or perch (5½ yards); or a unit of area: a square rod, pole or perch.

Synonyms

• (musical note): virgula

Translations

See also

• virga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “virga” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• gravi-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?vi?.??/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bir.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?vi?.?a/

Noun

virga f (plural virgues)

1. (meteorology) virga

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virg? +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vir?a/
• Hyphenation: vir?ga
• Rhymes: -ir?a

Adjective

virga (accusative singular virgan, plural virgaj, accusative plural virgajn)

1. virgin, virginal

Derived terms

Estonian

Adjective

virga

1. genitive singular of virk

Interlingua

Etymology

Italian verga, French verge, Spanish verga, and Portuguese virga.

Noun

virga (plural virgas)

1. rod
2. (nautical) yard
3. (vulgar) dick

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin virga.

Noun

virga f

1. whip
2. strap

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wizg?, probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh? (“flexible rod or stick”). Possibly cognate with Proto-Germanic *wiskaz (“bundle of hay or straw, wisp”). From Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to produce, procreate”), or alternatively from a stem *wey?s- (see *wey?-). Regardless, it is probably a doublet of viscum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?ir.?a/, [?u??r?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vir.?a/, [?vir??]

Noun

virga f (genitive virgae); first declension

1. twig, young shoot
2. rod, switch for flogging.
3. staff, walking stick
4. wand (magical)
5. (figuratively) penis, cervix

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• virga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• virga in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• virga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• virga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• virga in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi??a/, [?bi?.??a]

Adjective

virga f sg

1. feminine singular of virgo