Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Condensed water falling from a cloud.

    We've been having a lot of rain lately.

    The rains came late that year.

    Regen, Räge, Reng

    дождьdoždʹ

    дощdošč

    water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

  2. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

    Regen

    дождьdoždʹ

  3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

    A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.

    Regen

    дождьdoždʹ, градgrad, ли́веньlívenʹ

Examples

4796 sentences
  1. When did it begin to rain?

    Коли почався дощ? — deniko

    ruКогда начался дождь? — marafon

    deWann hat es angefangen zu regnen? — MUIRIEL

  2. I was caught in the rain.

    Я потрапив під дощ. — deniko

    ruПопал под дождь. — evkon

  3. I'm afraid it's going to rain.

    Я боюсь, що піде дощ. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ боюсь, как бы не пошёл дождь. — marafon

    deIch fürchte, es wird regnen. — Manfredo

  4. I think it's going to rain.

    Я думаю, піде дощ. — deniko

    ruПохоже, что дождь собирается. — FeuDRenais

    deIch glaube, dass es regnen wird. — MUIRIEL

  5. I wish the rain would stop.

    Я би дуже хотів, щоб дощ припинився. — deniko

    ruЯ бы очень хотел, чтобы дождь перестал. — shanghainese

    deIch wünschte, der Regen würde aufhören. — Wolf

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
condensed water from a cloud:
Русский
By meaning 2
condensed water from a cloud:
an instance of particles falling:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
condensed water from a cloud:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic

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.

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Forms

plural: rains
Singularrain

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • anything happening rapidly or in quick successive:pelting
  • water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere:rainfall
  • drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds:rainwater

Word family

111 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • rain tomorrow
  • began to rain
  • in the rain
  • going to rain
  • started raining
  • rain this afternoon
  • stopped raining
  • lot of rain
  • of the rain
  • heavy rain
  • the heavy rain
  • started to rain

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rain — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto