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Old English reġn
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rain (usually uncountable; plural rains)
- Condensed water falling from a cloud.
- We've been having a lot of rain lately.
- The rains came late that year.
- (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.
- A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
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Terms derived from the noun rain
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condensed water from a cloud
- Afrikaans: reën af(af)
- American Sign Language: Claw5@SideForeheadhigh-PalmDown-Claw5@SideForeheadhigh-PalmDown Claw5@SideChinhigh-PalmDown-Claw5@SideChinhigh-PalmDown Claw5@SideChesthigh-PalmDown-Claw5@SideChesthigh-PalmDown
- Amharic: ዝናብ (zənab)
- Arabic: مطر (máṭar) m.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܡܛܪܐ (miṬrā’) m.
- Hebrew: מטרא (miṬrā’) m.
- Armenian: անձրև hy(hy) (anjrev)
- Azeri: yağış az(az)
- Bashkir: ямғыр ba(ba) (yamğır)
- Belarusian: дождж be(be) (doždž) m.
- Bosnian: kiša bs(bs) f.
- Bulgarian: дъжд bg(bg) (dǎžd) m.
- Buryat: бороо (boroo)
- Catalan: pluja ca(ca) f.
- Chamicuro: keeni
- Chechen: догӀа (doġa)
- Chinese: 雨 (yǔ)
- Chuvash: ҫумӑр (śumăr)
- Crimean Tatar: yağmur
- Croatian: kȉša hr(hr) f., dȁžd hr(hr) m.
- Czech: déšť cs(cs) m.
- Danish: regn da(da)
- Dolgan: һамыыр (hamıır)
- Dutch: regen nl(nl) m.
- Esperanto: pluvo eo(eo)
- Estonian: vihm et(et)
- Ewe: tsidzadza
- Finnish: sade fi(fi)
- French: pluie fr(fr) f.
- Gagauz: yaamur
- Galician: chuvia, choiva f.
- Georgian: წვიმა ka(ka) (cvima)
- German: Regen de(de) m.
- Greek: βροχή el(el) (vrokhí) f.
- Hebrew: גשם he(he) (gešem) m.
- Hindi: बारिश (bārish), मेंह (me.nh)
- Hungarian: eső hu(hu)
- Icelandic: rigning is(is), regn is(is) n.
- Indonesian: hujan id(id)
- Irish: báisteach ga(ga) f., fearthainn ga(ga) f.
- Italian: pioggia it(it) f.
- Japanese: 雨 (あめ, ame)
- Kalmyk: хур (hur)
- Kamba: mbua
- Karachay-Balkar: жауун (cawun) balkar, джауум (cawum) karachay, джанъур (cañur) karachay
- Karakalpak: jamg'ır, jawın
- Kazakh: жаңбыр kk(kk) (jañbır), жауын kk(kk) (jawın)
- Khakas: наңмыр (nañmır)
- Kikuyu: mbura
- Korean: 비 (bi)
- Kumyk: янгур (yañur), явун (yawun)
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- Kurdish: baran ku(ku), باران ku(ku)
- Kyrgyz: жамгыр ky(ky) (camğır), жаан ky(ky) (caan)
- Latin: pluvia la(la) f., imber la(la)
- Latvian: lietus lv(lv) m.
- Lithuanian: lietus lt(lt) m.
- Lojban: carvi
- Luhya: efula
- Macedonian: дожд mk(mk) (dožd) m.
- Malay: hujan ms(ms)
- Malayalam: മഴ (mazha)
- Maltese: xita (shi'ta) (f)
- Marathi: पाऊस, वर्षा, वृष्टी, ढगातून पडणारे पाणी
- Mongolian: бороо mn(mn) (boroo)
- Nogai: ямгыр (yamğır)
- Norwegian: regn no(no) n., regnvær no(no) n.
- Occitan: pluèja f.
- Old Church Slavonic: дъждь (dŭždĭ) m.
- Old Prussian: sūji
- Ossetian: уарын
- Persian: باران fa(fa) (bârân)
- Polish: deszcz pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: chuva pt(pt) f.
- Romani: brishind m.
- Romanian: ploaie ro(ro) f.
- Russian: дождь ru(ru) (dožd’) m.
- Sanskrit: वृष्टि sa(sa) (vṛṣṭí) f., वर्षा sa(sa) (varṣā́) f., पर्जन्य sa(sa) (parjánya) m.
- Santali: ᱫᱟᱜ (daak')
- Scottish Gaelic: uisge gd(gd) m.
- Serbian: kiša sr(sr) f., dažd sr(sr) m.
- Shor: нағбыр (nağbır), нағбур (nağbur)
- Sinhala: වැස්ස (vaessa)
- Slovak: dážď m.
- Slovene: dež sl(sl) m.
- Sotho: pula st(st)
- Southern Altai: јаҥмыр (cañmır), јааш (caaş)
- Spanish: lluvia es(es) f.
- Swahili: mvua sw(sw), manyunyu sw(sw)
- Swedish: regn sv(sv) n.
- Tajik: борон tg(tg) (boron)
- Taos: łùléne
- Tatar: yañğır tt(tt), яңгыр tt(tt)
- Telugu: వాన te(te) (vaana) వర్షం te(te) (varsham)
- Tswana: pula tn(tn)
- Turkish: yağmur tr(tr)
- Turkmen: ýagyş tk(tk)
- Tuvan: чаъс (çàs)
- Ukrainian: дощ uk(uk) (došč) m.
- Urdu: بارش (bārish), مینہ (me.nh)
- Uyghur: يامغۇر ug(ug) (yamƣur)
- Uzbek: yomgʻir uz(uz)
- West Frisian: rein
- !Xóõ: !áa
- Yakut: самыыр (samıır), ардах (ardax)
- Yiddish: רעגן yi(yi) (regn) m.
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an instance of particles falling
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to rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)
- (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
- It will rain today.
- (intransitive) To fall in large quantities.
- Bombs rained from the sky.
- (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
- The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
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Terms derived from the verb to rain
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of rain: to fall from the sky
to fall in large quantities
to issue in large quantities
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- Spanish: llover es(es) (intransitive): le llovieron [los golpes, las desgracias] or recibió una lluvia de ...
- Swahili: mvua sw(sw)
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rain (hiragana らいん)
- ライン: line
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