rain
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos?
Proto-Germanic *regną
Proto-West Germanic *regn
Old English reġn
Middle English reyn
English rain
Inherited from Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to flow”), although the consonant reflexes don't match.
Cognates
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: rains
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rayne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: raygne
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: rains
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: raining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rained
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rained
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: rain
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: rain
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: rained
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: rain
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: rainest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: rained
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: rainedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: rains
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: raineth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: rained
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: rain
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: rained
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: rain
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: rained
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: rain
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: raining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rained
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: Condensed water falling from a cloud.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: We've been having a lot of rain lately.
The rains came late that year.
This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to cause rain.
gloss: Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
usually
gloss: An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
usually
examples: A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
gloss: To have rain fall from the sky.
pos: verb
tags: impersonal
examples: Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.
gloss: To fall as or like rain.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: Tears rained from her eyes.
Leaves rained from the tree.
Bombs rained from the sky.
The rain it raineth every day.
gloss: To issue (something) in large quantities.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
Related words: drizzle
hail
mizzle
precipitation
serein
shower
sleet
snow
storm
Derived words: Also see terms derived from the verb
acid rain
black rain
blood rain
cold rain process
come rain or shine
come rain or snow
coronal rain
derain
driving rain
first rain
freezing rain
golden rain
golden rain tree
methane rain
oil rain lamp
plum rain
plum rains
pour with rain
rainband
rain-barrel
rain barrel
rain beetle
rainberry
rainbird
rain bomb
rainboot
rainbound
rainbow
rainburn
rainburst
rain butt
raincape
rain chamber
raincheck
rain check
rain cheque
rainclothes
rain cloud
raincloud
raincoat
rain-coat
rain collar
Raincouver
raincover
rain crow
rain dance
raindate
rain day
rain delay
rain doctor
raindrift
raindrop
rainer
rainfall
rainfast
rainfed
rainflow
rain follows the plough
rain follows the plow
rainforest
rain forest
rain frog
rainful
rain gage
rain garden
rain gauge
raingear
rain gutter
rain hat
rainhat
rainish
rainjacket
rain lamp
rain leaf
rainless
rainlight
rainlike
rain lily
rainmaker
rainmaking
rain man
rainmeter
rain moon
rain napper
rain or shine
rainout
rain owl
rainpants
rain pit
rainpool
rainpour
rainprint
rainproof
rain quail
rainscald
rainscape
rainscreen
rainshade
rainshadow
rain shadow
rainshower
rain shower
rain-slickened
rainslicker
rainsoaked
rain-soaked
rainsome
rainspout
rainsquall
rain stair rods
rainstick
rain stick
rain stopped play
rainstorm
rainsuit
rainswept
raintight
raintop
rain-tree
rain tree
rain truck
rainwash
rainwashed
rainwater
rain water
rainwear
rainworm
rain-wrapped
rainy
rain year
right as rain
righter than rain
ring rain
small rain lays great dust
sulfur rain
sulphur rain
yellow rain
rain death
Also see terms derived from the noun
berain
don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining
don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining
don't pee in the wind and tell me it's raining
don't piss in the wind and tell me it's raining
is it going to rain
it never rains but it pours
it's raining
make it rain
piss on someone's leg and tell them it's raining
rain buckets
rain cats and dogs
rain dogs and cats
rain death upon
rain down
rain fire and brimstone
rain like cats and dogs
rain off
rain on one's parade
rain on someone's parade
rain out
rain pitchforks
unrained
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