rain

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Meaning

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

passing shower

shower of rain

light rain

heavy rain

rain hard

slice up

begin to rain

misty rain

be taken apart

hydrometeor

rain-water

bucket down

god of rain

fall as rain

rain fall

tinsel icicles

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹeɪn/

From Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną (compare West Frisian rein, Dutch regen, German Regen, Danish and Norwegian regn), of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to flow”) (compare Latin rigō (“wet, soak”), Lithuanian rõki (“drizzling rain”), Albanian rrjedh (“to flow, drip”)), although the consonant reflexes don't match.