rain cloud

See also: raincloud

English

Alternative forms

• raincloud

Pronunciation

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Noun

rain cloud (plural rain clouds)

1. A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:

     Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.

   • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:

     During this fine run through Fife the weather had deteriorated rapidly, and as we passed Wormit and came onto the Tay Bridge heavy rain clouds were piled over the sea.

Synonyms

• (cloud from which rain is falling): nimbus, nimbostratus

Translations

cloud from which rain is falling

• Altai:

  Southern Altai: јаҥмырлу булут (ǰaŋmïrlu bulut)

• Arabic: مُزْنَة f (muzna)
• Belarusian: дажджавая хмара (daždžavaja xmara)
• Bulgarian: дъждовен облак m (dǎždoven oblak)
• Burmese: မိုးတိမ်တိုက် (my) (mui:timtuik), မိုးသား (my) (mui:sa:)
• Catalan: nimbus (ca) m, núvol plugisser m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雨雲 / 雨云 (zh) (yǔyún)

• Dutch: regenwolk (nl) f, nimbuswolk f
• Dzongkha: ཆར་སྤྲིན (char sprin)
• Esperanto: pluvnubo
• Finnish: sadepilvi
• French: nimbus (fr)
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) swark n

• Georgian: საწვიმარი ღრუბელი (sac̣vimari ɣrubeli)
• German: Regenwolke (de) f, Nimbus (de), Schleierwolke f
• Hungarian: esőfelhő (hu), nimbusz (hu), nimbuszfelhő
• Icelandic: regnský (is) n, úrkomuský n, regnþykkni (is) n
• Ilocano: kuyemyem
• Indonesian: mendung (id), awan hitam (id)
• Ingrian: tuuca
• Irish: scamall báistí m
• Istriot: nenbo m
• Italian: nuvola (it) f, nube (it) f, nembo (it) m
• Japanese: 雨雲 (ja) (あまぐも, amagumo)
• Kalinga:

  Lubuagan Kalinga: libuu, bulot

• Korean: 비구름 (ko) (bigureum)
• Latin: nimbus (la) m
• Luxembourgish: Reewollek f
• Macedonian: дождовен облак m (doždoven oblak)
• Māori: okewa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regnsky m or f

  Nynorsk: regnsky f

• Persian: مزنه (mozne)
• Pitjantjatjara: ngangkaḻi
• Polish: chmura deszczowa f
• Portuguese: nimbo (pt)
• Russian: дождевая ту́ча (doždevaja túča), дождево́е о́блако n (doždevóje óblako)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mrokawa m, mrok m

• Spanish: nimbo (es) m
• Swedish: regnmoln (sv) n
• Tagalog: dagim
• Tamil: கார்மேகம் (ta) (kārmēkam), மழை மேகம் (maḻai mēkam)
• Tibetan: ཆར་སྤྲིན (char sprin)
• Turkish: yağmur bulutu (tr)
• Venetan: nenbo m
• Vietnamese: mây mưa (vi)
• Volapük: reinalefog

See also

• cumulonimbus
• thundercloud

Anagrams

• uncordial