rainbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪnboʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪmboʊ/
enpr: rān'bō
enpr: rām'bō
ipa: /ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/
Forms: form: rainbows
Etymology: From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).
Senses: examples: text: Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
ref: 1979, Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher, “Rainbow Connection”, performed by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson):
glosses: A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
glosses: Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
examples: text: a rainbow of possibilities
glosses: A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
raw_tags: used with “of”
examples: text: Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.
glosses: An illusion; a mirage.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A curveball, particularly a slow one.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
examples: text: Finally, by actual trial, I have found that I can catch more rainbow by using one fly than with a two or three-fly cast.
ref: 1911, Francis R. Steel, “Catching the Rainbow Trout”, in The Outing Magazine, volume 58, page 482:
glosses: Rainbow trout.
examples: text: Oh look, the rainbow came back.
glosses: A person within the LGBT community.
Synonyms: sense: prismatic reflection
word: spectrum
Hyponyms: lunar rainbow
marine rainbow
Derived terms: word: brainbow
word: chase a rainbow
word: chase rainbows
word: double rainbow
word: Drainbow
word: end of the rainbow
word: fire rainbow
word: Kamloops rainbow trout
word: over the rainbow
word: rainbow ant
word: rainbow baby
word: rainbow boa
word: rainbow body
word: rainbow bomb
word: rainbow box
word: rainbow bridge
word: rainbow capitalism
word: rainbow carrots
word: rainbow ceiling
word: rainbow chard
word: rainbow coalition
word: rainbow coleslaw
word: rainbow-collar
word: rainbow-colored
word: rainbow-coloured
word: rainbow darter
word: rainbowed
word: rainbow era
word: rainbow eucalyptus
word: rainbow family
word: rainbowfish
word: rainbow fish
word: rainbow flag
word: rainbow glass
word: rainbow herbicide
word: rainbowish
word: rainbow kiss
word: rainbowlike
word: rainbow lorikeet
word: rainbow mafia
word: rainbow mantis shrimp
word: rainbow obsidian
word: rainbow party
word: rainbow perch
word: rainbow plant
word: rainbow quartz
word: rainbow roll
word: rainbow runner
word: rainbow salad
word: rainbows and unicorns
word: rainbow seaperch
word: rainbow shark
word: rainbow sharkminnow
word: rainbow shot
word: rainbow shower
word: rainbow slaw
word: rainbow snake
word: rainbow surfperch
word: rainbow table
word: rainbow trout
word: rainbow unicorns
word: rainbow washing
word: rainbow wood
taxonomic: Coris spp.
word: rainbow wrasse
word: rainbowy
word: somewhere over the rainbow
word: supernumerary rainbow
word: white rainbow