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Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-Germanic *regnaz (compare West Frisian rein, Dutch regen, German Regen, Danish regn), from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ 'to flow' (cf. Latin rigō (“wet, soak”), Lithuanian rõki 'drizzling rain', Albanian rrjedh 'to flow, drip').
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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)
- Ainu: アㇱ (as), アㇷ゚ト (apto), ルヤンペ (ruyanpe)
- Albanian: shi (sq)
- Alutor: арн'ин (ar'nin)
- Ama: sa
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- Amharic: ዝናብ (zənab)
- Apalaí: konopo
- Arabic: مطر (ar) (máṭar) m.
- Egyptian Arabic: مطر (maṭar) m., (Some villages) نطر (naṭar) m., (Alexandria) شتا (sheta) m.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܡܛܪܐ (miṬrā’) m.
- Hebrew: מטרא (miṬrā’) m.
- Armenian: անձրև (hy) (anjrev)
- Aromanian: ploae
- Azeri: yağış (az), yağmur (az)
- Bashkir: ямғыр (yamğır)
- Belarusian: дождж (be) (doždž) m.
- Bengali: বৃষ্টি (bn) (brishţi)
- Borôro: bübütü
- Breton: glav (br) m.
- Bulgarian: дъжд (bg) (dǎžd) m.
- Buryat: бороо (boroo)
- Catalan: pluja (ca) f.
- Chamicuro: keeni
- Chechen: догӀа (doġa)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雨 (zh) (yǔ)
- Chukchi: илиил (iliil)
- Chuvash: ҫумӑр (śumăr)
- Cornish: glaw (kw) m.
- Crimean Tatar: yağmur
- Czech: déšť (cs) m.
- Danish: regn (da)
- Darkinjung: murku
- Dogrib: chǫ
- Dolgan: һамыыр (hamıır)
- Dutch: regen (nl) m.
- Dzongkha: ཆརཔ། (dz) (charpa)
- Esperanto: pluvo (eo)
- Estonian: vihm (et)
- Ewe: tsidzadza
- Faroese: regn (fo) n.
- Fijian: uca (fj)
- Finnish: sade (fi)
- French: pluie (fr) f.
- Friulian: ploie
- Gagauz: yaamur
- Galician: chuvia f., choiva f.
- Georgian: წვიმა (ka) (cvima)
- German: Regen (de) m.
- Greek: βροχή (el) (vrochí) f.
- Haitian Creole: lapli
- Hebrew: גשם (he) (gešem) m.
- Hindi: बारिश (hi) (bāriś) f., मेंह (hi) (meṅh) f., वर्षा (hi) (varṣā) f.
- Hungarian: eső (hu)
- Icelandic: rigning (is), regn (is) n.
- Ido: pluvo (io)
- Indonesian: hujan (id)
- Irish: báisteach (ga) f., fearthainn (ga) f.
- Italian: pioggia (it) f.
- Japanese: 雨 (ja) (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) (jañbır), жауын (kk) (jawın)
- Khakas: наңмыр (nañmır)
- Khmer: ភ្លៀង (km) (plieng)
- Kikuyu: mbura
- Korean: 비 (ko) (bi)
- Kumyk: янгур (yañur), явун (yawun)
- Kunigami: あミー (ʔamii)
- Kurdish: baran (ku), باران (ku)
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- Kyrgyz: жамгыр (ky) (camğır), жаан (ky) (caan)
- Lao: ຝົນ (lo) (fon)
- Latgalian: leits m.
- Latin: pluvia (la) f., imber (la)
- Latvian: lietus (lv) m.
- Lithuanian: lietus (lt) m.
- Livonian: vīm
- Lojban: carvi
- Low German: Regen (nds) m., Rägen (nds) m.
- Luhya: efula
- Macedonian: дожд (mk) (dožd) m.
- Malay: hujan (ms)
- Malayalam: മഴ (mazha)
- Maltese: xita (shi'ta) (f)
- Manchu: ᠠᡤᠠ (aga)
- Maori: ua (mi)
- Marathi: पाऊस, वर्षा, वृष्टी, ढगातून पडणारे पाणी
- Mazanderani: وارش
- Miyako: アミ (ami)
- Mongolian: бороо (mn) (boroo)
- Ngarrindjeri: parni
- Nogai: ямгыр (yamğır)
- Norwegian: regn (no) n., regnvær (no) n.
- Occitan: pluèja f.
- Okinawan: あみ (ʔami), ちゅあみ (cuʔami)
- Old Church Slavonic: дъждь (dŭždĭ) m.
- Old French: pluie f.
- Old Norse: regn n.
- Old Polish: deżdż m.
- Old Prussian: sūji
- Old Tupi: amana
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Ossetian: уарын
- Persian: باران (fa) (bârân)
- Polish: deszcz (pl) m.
- Portuguese: chuva (pt) f.
- Romani: brishind m.
- Romanian: ploaie (ro) f.
- Russian: дождь (ru) (dožd’) m.
- Samogitian: lītos m.
- Sanskrit: वृष्टि (sa) (vṛṣṭí) f., वर्षा (sa) (varṣā́) f., पर्जन्य (sa) (parjánya) m.
- Santali: ᱫᱟᱜ (daak')
- Scottish Gaelic: uisge (gd) m.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: киша (sh) f., дажд (sh) m.
- Roman: kiša (sh) f., dažd (sh) m.
- Shor: нағбыр (nağbır), нағбур (nağbur)
- Sicilian: acqua (scn) f.
- Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
- Sinhalese: වැස්ස (si) (vaessa)
- Skolt Sami: â´brr
- Slovak: dážď (sk) m.
- Slovene: dež (sl) m.
- Sotho: pula (st)
- Southern Altai: јаҥмыр (cañmır), јааш (caaş)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: アムぃ (ʔamï)
- Spanish: lluvia (es) f.
- Swahili: mvua (sw), manyunyu (sw)
- Swedish: regn (sv) n.
- Tagalog: (literally) ulan (tl) n.
- Tajik: борон (tg) (boron)
- Taos: łùléne
- Tatar: яңгыр (tt) (yañğır)
- Telugu: వాన (te) (vaana) వర్షం (te) (varsham)
- Thai: ฝน (th) (fŏn)
- Tibetan: ཆར་པ། (bo) (char pa)
- Tswana: pula (tn)
- Turkish: yağmur (tr), baran (tr)
- Turkmen: ýagyş (tk)
- Tuvan: чаъс (çàs)
- Ukrainian: дощ (uk) (došč) m.
- Urdu: بارش (ur) (bāriś) f., مینہ (ur) (meṅh) f.
- Uyghur: يامغۇر (ug) (yamƣur)
- Uzbek: yomgʻir (uz)
- Vietnamese: mưa (vi)
- West Frisian: rein
- !Xóõ: !qhàa
- Yakut: самыыр (samıır), ардах (ardax)
- Yiddish: רעגן (yi) (regn) m.
- Zulu: imvula (zu)
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an instance of particles falling
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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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rain (hiragana らいん)
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