rainfall

English

Etymology

rain +‎ fall

Noun

rainfall (countable and uncountable; plural rainfalls)

1. (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

Derived terms

Terms derived from rainfall

effective rainfall excess rainfall excessive rainfall initial rainfall inversion of rainfall orographic rainfall point rainfall

rainfall component rainfall distribution rainfall duration rainfall effectiveness rainfall excess rainfall frequency rainfall intensity

rainfall intensity area curve rainfall intensity-duration curve rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve rainfall intensity frequency rainfall intensity pattern rainfall intensity return period rainfall inversion

rainfall loss rainfall rate rainfall regime rainfall station rate-of-rainfall gauge residual rainfall Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Translations

amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

• Bulgarian: валеж (bg) (valež) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雨量 (cmn) (yǔliàng)

• Dutch: neerslag (nl) m, regenval (nl) m
• Finnish: sademäärä (fi)
• French: précipitations (fr) f
• German: Niederschlag (de) m, Regenfall (de) m
• Italian: acquazzone (it) m, rovescio (it) m
• Japanese: 降水量 (ja) (こうすいりょう, kōsuiryō), 降水 (ja) (こうすい, kōsui)
• Kannada: ಪರ್ಜನ್ಯ (kn) (parjanya)

• Norwegian: nedbør (no) m
• Portuguese: precipitação (pt)
• Russian: количество осадков (ru) (kolíčestvo osádkov) n, дождь (ru) (doždʹ) m, осадки (ru) (osádki) m pl, ливень (ru) (lívenʹ) m (heavy rainfall)
• Scottish Gaelic: uisge-adhair (gd)
• Swedish: nederbörd (sv) c, regn (sv) n
• Telugu: వర్షపాతము (te) (varshapaatamu)
• Welsh: glawiad (cy) m