Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

    Niederschlag, Niederschlagshöhe, Niederschlagsmenge

    коли́чество оса́дковkolíčestvo osádkov, дождьdoždʹ, оса́дкиosádki

  2. (countable, uncountable)The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.

More definitions
  • water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Examples

30 sentences
  1. We anticipate a heavy rainfall tomorrow.

    ruМы ожидаем завтра сильный дождь. — megaton

  2. We had a heavy rainfall last night.

    ruВчера ночью у нас был сильный ливень. — odexed

    deWir hatten einen starken Regenfall gestern Nacht. — Esperantostern

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  3. The heavy rainfall has caused vegetable prices to rise daily for the last two months.

  4. We had heavy rainfall last night.

  5. We are expecting an occasional rainfall.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
meteorology: amount of rain:
Deutsch
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meteorology: amount of rain:

Origin

From rain + fall.

From rain + fall.

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Forms

plural: rainfalls
Singularrainfall
Pluralrainfalls

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere:rain

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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