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See also:Rain,ràin,andräin

English

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Rain falling

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishreyn,rein, fromOld Englishreġn, fromProto-West Germanic*regn, fromProto-Germanic*regną, of uncertain origin. Possibly frompre-Germanic*Hréǵ-no-, fromProto-Indo-European*Hreǵ-(“to flow”), although the consonant reflexes don't match.

See alsoWest Frisianrein,Dutchregen,GermanRegen,Danish andNorwegianregn; alsoLatinrigō(“wet, soak”),Lithuanianrõki(“drizzling rain”),Albanianrrjedh(“to flow, drip”).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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rain (usuallyuncountable,pluralrains)

  2. (meteorology) Condensedwater falling from acloud.
    We've been having a lot ofrain lately.
    Therains came late that year.
    • 2019,VOA Learning English (public domain)
      This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to causerain.
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  3. (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable withraindrops.
  4. (figuratively) An instance ofparticles or larger pieces ofmatter moving orfalling throughair.
    Arain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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Translations
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condensed water from a cloud
any matter falling
an instance of particles falling
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Verb

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rain (third-person singular simple presentrains,present participleraining,simple past and past participlerained)

  1. (impersonal, meteorology) To have rain fall from the sky.
    Judging by the black cloud, it willrain later today.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall as or like rain.
    Tearsrained from her eyes.
    Leavesrained from the tree.
    Bombsrained from the sky.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) Toissue (something) in large quantities.
    The boxerrained punches on his opponent's head.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofrain
infinitive(to)rain
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularrainrained
2nd-personsingularrain,rainest†rained,rainedst†
3rd-personsingularrains,raineth†rained
pluralrain
subjunctiverainrained
imperativerain—
participlesrainingrained
Derived terms
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Translations
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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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See also

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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rain (third-person singular simple presentrains,present participleraining,simple past and past participlerained)

  1. Obsolete form ofreign.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchrain, fromOld Dutch*rein,*rēn, fromProto-West Germanic*rain(“raised land, baulk, ridge”), fromProto-Germanic*rainaz,*rainō(“baulk, ridge”). Cognate withDutchreen,rein,GermanRain,Englishrean.

Noun

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rain m (pluralrains)

  1. (geography) a raisedborder on a field or forest that serves as aboundary

References

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Japanese

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Romanization

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rain

  1. Rōmaji transcription ofライン

Kavalan

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Noun

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rain

  1. waves in theopensea

Middle English

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Noun

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rain

  1. Alternative form ofreyn(“rain”)

Sera

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Noun

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rain

  1. water

References

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  • Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern,An Introduction to Historical Linguistics (2010,→ISBN, page 333
  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm,New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Sissano

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Noun

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rain

  1. water

References

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  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm,New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
  • John Nystrom,Sissano Organised Phonology Data (1992) (asrayn several times in a story; compareranrayn "wet")

Tetum

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Etymology

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From the Tetum nounrai.

Noun

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rain

  1. country
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