rain

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Condensed water falling from a cloud.
2. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

Verb

1. (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To fall as or like rain.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.

Verb

Obsolete form of reign.

Concetti

pioggia

🌧️

piovere

🌧️

acqua piovana

acquazzone

🚿

piovosità

precipitazione

sbarra

piovere forte

piògghjia

acqua

🚰

lo piòe

rovescio

scaricare

agitarsi

nevischio

sinonimi

shower

🚿

rainfall

drizzle

rainwater

downpour

raining

fall

precipitation

water

🚰

rain down

pelting

precipitate

pour

rain water

wet

passing shower

deluge

shower of rain

light rain

keep out

rainbow

🌈

rain cats and dogs

rainstorm

rainy

rainy season

set

sew

shelter

sieve

sink

sleet

snowflakes

sow

spear

spit out

storm

stretch

strew

tear

thunder

🌩️

to

walk

🚶

write

✍️

year

heavy rain

pour down

pula

rain hard

shower down

slice up

Traduzioni

pluie

🌧️

lluvia

🌧️

Regen

🌧️

pleuvoir

🌧️

chuva

🌧️

regen

🌧️

regnen

🌧️

llover

🌧️

βροχή

pluja

🌧️

pluvia

🌧️

مطر

🌧️

yağmur

🌧️

baran

🌧️

Pronunciato come (IPA)

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Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: reyn

Ereditato da inglese antico: reġn

Affine frisone occidentale: rein

Affine olandese: regen

Affine tedesco: Regen

Affine danese: -

Affine norvegese: regn

Affine latino: rigō

Affine lituano: rõki

Affine albanese: rrjedh

In summary

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”).

Frasi

He must know how to make rain and drive away the locusts .

Deve sapere come fare pioggia e scacciare le locuste.