English

Pronunciation

• rān, /reɪn/, /reIn/

  Homophones: reign, rein

  Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

rain (uncountable and countable; plural: rains )

1. Condensed water falling from a cloud

Translations

• Catalan: pluja f (ca)
• Chinese: 雨 (yǔ)
• Czech: déšť m
• Dutch: regen m
• Finnish: sade
• French: pluie f
• Frisian: rein
• German: Regen m (de)
• Guaraní: ama
• Hebrew: גשם m
•  : pluvo
• Indonesian: hujan
• Interlingua: pluvia
• Italian: pioggia f
• Japanese: 雨 (あめ, ame)
• Korean: 비 (bi)
• Kurdish: baran
• Lithuanian: lietus m
• Chinese: 雨 (Pīnyīn: yǔ)
• Persian: باران (bārān)
• Polish: deszcz m
• Portuguese: chuva f
• Romanian: ploaie f
• Russian: дождь
• Setswana : pula
• Slovak: dážď m
• Slovene: dež m
• Spanish: lluvia f
• Swedish: regn
• Tagalog: ulan
• Tupinambá: amana
• Turkish: yağmur

arabic: مطر

Impersonal verb

to rain (rains , rained , raining )

1. It will rain today.

2. To fall in large quantities.

   Bombs rained from the sky.

Translations

• Chinese: 下雨 , 降雨
• Czech: pršet
• Dutch: regenen
• Finnish: sataa
• French: pleuvoir
• Frisian: reine
• German: regnen
• Guaraní: ky
• Hebrew: ירד גשם
• Indonesian: turun hujan
• Interlingua: pluver
• Italian: piovere
• Japanese: 雨が降る (あめがふる, amega huru)
• Korean: 비가 오다 (bigaoda)
• Kurdish: barîn
• Polish: padać (o deszczu), Example: Dziś będzie padał deszcz. = It will rain today.
• Portuguese: chover
• Romanian: ploua f
• Russian: идти дождь
• Slovak: pršať (1)
• Slovene: deževati
• Spanish: llover
• Swedish: regna
• Tagalog: mag-ulan
• Tupinambá: kyr
• Turkish: yağmak
• Welsh: glawio

Transitive verb

to rain (rains , rained , raining )

1. To issue (something) in large quantities.

   The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.

Related terms

• rain cats and dogs
• rain dogs and cats
• raincoat
• rain down
• raindrop
• rainfall
• rain gauge
• rain off
• rain-soaked

See also

• Wikipedia article on rain