Meaning

5 senses
  1. (not comparable)Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.

  2. (US, attributive, not comparable)Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.

  3. (attributive, derogatory, not comparable, sometimes)LGBT.

  4. (not comparable)Composed entirely of different suits.

  5. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.

    rainbow attack

    bunt, vielfarbig

Examples

146 sentences
  1. Did you see the rainbow today?

    Ти сьогодні бачив веселку? — deniko

    ruТы видел сегодня радугу? — Wezel

  2. Have you ever seen a rainbow?

    Ти колись бачила веселку? — deniko

    ruТы когда-нибудь видел радугу? — marafon

    deHast du schon einmal einen Regenbogen gesehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The rainbow has seven colors.

    У веселки сім кольорів. — deniko

    ruУ радуги семь цветов. — Hellerick

    deDer Regenbogen hat sieben Farben. — MUIRIEL

  4. I've never seen a rainbow.

    Я ніколи не бачив веселки. — shanghainese

    ruЯ никогда не видел радуги. — marafon

    deIch habe noch nie einen Regenbogen gesehen. — pne

  5. What a beautiful rainbow!

    Яка гарна веселка! — deniko

    ruКакая красивая радуга! — Hellerick

    deWas für ein schöner Regenbogen! — MUIRIEL

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
multicoloured:

Origin

From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-

From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
multicolored:motleyC1
made up of several races or ethnicities:multiethnicmultiracialrainbowed
made up of several factions:multipartisan

See also

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