rain

CEFRA1

/ˈɹeɪn/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Water falling from clouds in drops.

  2. 02

    verb

    To fall from the sky as drops of water.

Examples

  • I was planning on going to the beach today, but then it started to rain.

  • Judging from the look of the sky, it may rain at any moment.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹæɪn/
  • /ˈɾei̯n/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

  2. Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

  3. Condensed water falling from a cloud.

More examples

In context

  • There will be rain in all parts tomorrow.

  • This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to cause rain.

  • We've been having a lot of rain lately.

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Origin

noun

Cognate with Yola rhyne, ryne (“rain”), North Frisian Riin, rin (“rain”), Saterland Frisian Rien (“rain”), West Frisian rein (“rain”), Dutch regen (“rain”), Limburgish raenger, Rään (“rain”), German Low German Regen, Ręgen, Rägen (“rain”), Luxembourgish Reen (“rain”), German Regen (“rain”), Mòcheno reng (“rain”), Vilamovian raan (“rain”), Alemannic German regu, räge, rägä (“rain”), Bavarian Regn, rein (“rain”), Cimbrian regan, réego, reng (“rain”), Yiddish רעגן (regn, “rain”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish regn (“rain”), Crimean Gothic reghen (“rain”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 (rign, “rain”).