rainy

English

Etymology

From Middle English reyny, from Old English reġniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *regnag, from Proto-Germanic *regnagaz (“rainy”), equivalent to rain +‎ -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rienig (“rainy”), West Frisian reinich (“rainy”), Dutch regenig (“rainy”), German regnig (“rainy”), Swedish regnig (“rainy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪni

Adjective

rainy (comparative rainier, superlative rainiest)

1. Pouring with rain; wet; showery

   Due to the rainy weather, we decided not to play in the park.

   It's a very rainy day, so let's stay indoors.

Derived terms

• rainily
• raininess
• rainy day
• rainy season

Translations

abounding with rain

• Arabic: مَطِر (ar) (maṭir), مَاطِر (māṭir), مُمْطِر (ar) (mumṭir)
• Armenian: անձրևոտ (hy) (anjrewot)
• Aromanian: pluios, pluiros
• Asturian: lluviosu
• Azerbaijani: yağışlı (az), yağmurlu
• Basque: euritsu
• Belarusian: дажджы́сты (daždžýsty), дажджлі́вы (daždžlívy), дажджавы́ (daždžavý)
• Bikol Central: mauran
• Bulgarian: дъждо́вен (dǎždóven), дъждови́т (dǎždovít)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: plujós
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多雨 (do¹ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 多雨 (zh) (duōyǔ)

• Czech: deštivý (cs)
• Danish: regnfuld
• Dutch: regenachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: pluva
• Estonian: vihmane (et)
• Finnish: sateinen (fi)
• French: pluvieux (fr)
• Friulian: ploiôs
• Galician: chuvioso (gl)
• Georgian: წვიმიანი (c̣vimiani)
• German: regnerisch (de)
• Greek: βροχερός (el) (vrocherós)

  Ancient: ὄμβριος (ómbrios)

• Hebrew: גָּשׁוּם (gashúm)
• Hungarian: esős (hu)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Ingrian: vihmakas, saekas, itkuin
• Irish: fliuch, fearthainneach, báistiúil
• Italian: piovoso (it), pluviale (it)
• Japanese: 雨が降る (あめがふる, ame ga furu), 雨の (ja) (あめの, ame no), 雨降りの (ja) (あめ​ふりの, amefuri no), 雨の多い (あめのおおい, ame no ōi)
• Kalmyk: хурта (xurta), хур-бората (xur-borata)
• Kazakh: жаңбырлы (jañbyrly)

  Arabic: جاڭبىرلى

• Khakas: наңмырлығ (nañmırlığ)
• Korean: 비가 (많이) 오는 (bi-ga (mani) oneun), 우중의 (ujung'ui)
• Lao: ມີຝົນ (mī fon)
• Latin: pluviōsus, imbridus (Medieval)
• Latvian: lietains
• Lithuanian: lietingas
• Macedonian: дождлив (doždliv)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᠠᡤᠠᠩᡤᠠ (agangga)
• Maori: hāuaua
• Middle English: reyny
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: бороотой (mn) (borootoj)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠷᠤᠭ᠋ᠠᠲᠠᠢ (boruɣatai)

• Nanai: тугдэку (tugdeku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regnfull

  Nynorsk: regnfull

• Occitan: plujós (oc)
• Persian: بارانی (fa) (bârâni)
• Plautdietsch: räajnisch
• Polish: deszczowy (pl), (archaic) dżdżysty (pl)
• Portuguese: chuvoso (pt), pluvioso (pt)
• Romanian: ploios (ro)
• Russian: дождли́вый (ru) (doždlívyj), дождево́й (ru) (doždevój) (related to rain)
• Sardinian: proghinosu, pioanu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кѝшан

  Roman: kìšan (sh)

• Shor: нағбурлығ (naĝburlıĝ)
• Sicilian: chiuvusu (scn)
• Slovak: daždivý
• Slovene: deževen
• Spanish: lluvioso (es), pluvioso (es)
• Swedish: regnig (sv)
• Tagalog: (literally) maulan
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yağmurlu (tr)
• Tuvan: частыг (çastıg), чаашкынныг (çaaşkınnıg)
• Ukrainian: дощови́й (doščovýj), дощови́тий (doščovýtyj)
• Uzbek: yomgʻirli (uz)
• Venetian: piovàn
• Vietnamese: trời mưa, có mưa
• Written Oirat: ᡍᡇᠷᡐᠠᡅ (xurtai)
• Yakut: самыырдаах (samıırdaaq)
• Yiddish: נאַס (nas)

Polish

Etymology

From raić +‎ -iny.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /raˈinɘ/

Noun

rainy nvir pl

1. (Kuyavia) matchmaking; pairing

Further reading

• Józef Bliziński (1860) “rainy”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 630
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “rainy”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 276