rainy

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪni/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reyny

Inherited from Old English: reġniġ

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: rienig

Cognate with Western Frisian: reinich

Cognate with Dutch: regenig

Cognate with German: regnig

Cognate with Swedish: regnig

In summary

From Middle English reyny, from Old English reġniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *regnag, from Proto-Germanic *regnagaz (“rainy”), equivalent to rain + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rienig (“rainy”), West Frisian reinich (“rainy”), Dutch regenig (“rainy”), German regnig (“rainy”), Swedish regnig (“rainy”).

Synonyms

wet

showery

bad

👎

foul

inclement

nasty

raining

pluvial

rain

🌧️

rainfall

rainily

rainy season

sleety

snowy

soaked

soppy

ugly

watery

be wet

it rains

rainy weather

bleak

cold

🥶

dank

dripping

juicy

moist

pluvious

Translations

lluvioso

regnerisch

pluvieux

piovoso

βροχερός

deszczowy

plujós

pluvioso

verregnet

chuvoso

yağmurlu

pluviale

regenachtig

dżdżysty

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