Meaning
3 senses(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
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
Regen
дождьdoždʹ
(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 sentencesWhen did it begin to rain?
Коли почався дощ? — deniko
ruКогда начался дождь? — marafon
deWann hat es angefangen zu regnen? — MUIRIEL
I was caught in the rain.
Я потрапив під дощ. — deniko
ruПопал под дождь. — evkon
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
I think it's going to rain.
Я думаю, піде дощ. — deniko
ruПохоже, что дождь собирается. — FeuDRenais
deIch glaube, dass es regnen wird. — MUIRIEL
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
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West GermanicInherited 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| Singular | rain |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
111 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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