rainy season

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

rainy season (plural rainy seasons)

1. The portion of the year during which the most rain falls.
   • 1884, Alfred Ronald Conkling, Appleton's Guide to Mexico, page 3:

     If the tourist wishes to avoid the clouds of dust that rise on the great plateau of Mexico, he should travel in the rainy season, i. e., June to September.

Synonyms

• monsoon
• monsoon season
• rains
• wet season

Antonyms

• dry season

Translations

portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest

• Assamese: বাৰিষা (barixa)
• Azerbaijani: yağış dönəmi
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: tag-uran

• Bulgarian: дъждо́вен сезо́н m (dǎždóven sezón)
• Bunun: sahudan
• Burmese: မိုးရာသီ (mui:rasi)
• Cebuano: ting-ulan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雨季 (zh) (yǔjì), 梅雨 (zh) (méiyǔ), 雨期 (zh) (yǔqī)

• Czech: období dešťů n
• Danish: regntid c
• Dutch: regentijd (nl) m, regenseizoen (nl) n
• Finnish: sadekausi (fi)
• French: saison des pluies (fr) f
• Galician: estación chuviosa f
• German: Regenzeit (de) f
• Hindi: वर्षा ऋतु f (varṣā ŕtu)
• Indonesian: musim hujan (id)
• Italian: stagione delle piogge f, stagione umida f
• Japanese: 雨季 (ja) (うき, uki), 雨期 (ja) (うき, uki), 梅雨 (ja) (つゆ, tsuyu, ばいう, baiu)
• Kannada: ಮಳೆಗಾಲ (kn) (maḷegāla)
• Kapampangan: paliuran
• Kashmiri: ؤہراتھ (vạhrāth), بَرساتھ (barsāth), وَرشا کال (varśā kāl)
• Khmer: រដូវភ្លៀង (rɔdəw phliəng)
• Korean: 우기(雨期) (ugi), 우계(雨季) (ugye), 매우(梅雨) (ko) (mae'u), 장마(長霾) (ko) (jangma)
• Lao: ລະດູຝົນ (lo) (la dū fon), ຣະດູຝົນ (ra dū fon), ຍາມຝົນ (nyām fon), ພັນສາ (phan sā), ວັດສາ (wat sā), ຣະດູຕັ້ງຖ່າຽຝົນ (ra dū tang thāi fon) (literary), ຫນ້າຝົນ (nā fon)
• Latvian: lietus periods m, lietainais gadalaiks m
• Malay: musim hujan, tengkujuh
• Manx: imbagh ny fliaghaghyn m, imbagh fliaghee m, imbagh fliugh m
• Māori: kaupeka uanui
• Maranungku: wudum
• Marathi: पावसाळा m (pāvsāḷā)
• Mwani: kinja
• Nahuatl: xupantla
• Navajo: nidahałtingo
• Nepali: वर्षा ऋतु (varṣā r̥tu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regntid m or f

  Nynorsk: regntid f

• Ohlone:

  Southern Ohlone: amaniguai

• Paraujano: uuya
• Polish: pora deszczowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: estação chuvosa f
• Punjabi: ਬਰਸਾਤ f (barsāt)
• Russian: сезо́н дожде́й m (sezón doždéj), дождли́вый сезо́н m (doždlívyj sezón)
• Santali: ᱡᱟᱹᱯᱩᱫ ᱨᱤᱛᱩ (sat) (jăput’ ritu)
• Spanish: estación lluviosa f
• Sranan Tongo: alenten
• Swahili: majira ya mvua, msimu wa mvua
• Swedish: regntid (sv) c, regnperiod (sv) c
• Tagalog: tag-ulan
• Tamil: மாரிகாலம் (ta) (mārikālam)
• Telugu: వర్షాకాలము (te) (varṣākālamu), వర్ష ఋతువు (varṣa r̥tuvu)
• Thai: ฤดูฝน (th) (rʉ́-duu-fǒn), หน้าฝน (th) (nâa-fǒn)
• Tibetan: ཆར་དུས (char dus)
• Turkish: yağmur mevsimi (tr)
• Tzotzil: vo’tik
• Vietnamese: mùa mưa
• Yiddish: רעגנצײַט (regntsayt)
• Yoruba: ìgbà òjò
• ǃXóõ: ʻǁnāhu