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rain cloud en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
   • During this fine run through Fife the weather had deteriorated rapidly, and as we passed Wormit and came onto the Tay Bridge heavy rain clouds were piled over the sea. 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:
   • Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony. 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:

Forms

Relateds

cumulonimbus · thundercloud

Synonyms

nimbus (cloud from which rain is falling) · nimbostratus (cloud from which rain is falling)

Translations (64)

is úrkomuský (cloud from which rain is falling) · my မိုးသား (cloud from which rain is falling) · nn regnsky (cloud from which rain is falling) · alt јаҥмырлу булут (cloud from which rain is falling) · knb bulot (cloud from which rain is falling) · izh tuuca (cloud from which rain is falling) · pl chmura deszczowa (cloud from which rain is falling) · de Schleierwolke (cloud from which rain is falling) · hu nimbusz (cloud from which rain is falling) · da regnsky (cloud from which rain is falling) · ca núvol plugisser (cloud from which rain is falling) · it nembo (cloud from which rain is falling) · es nimbo (cloud from which rain is falling) · vec nenbo (cloud from which rain is falling) · ist nenbo (cloud from which rain is falling) · la nimbus (cloud from which rain is falling) · dsb mrok (cloud from which rain is falling) · nl regenwolk (cloud from which rain is falling) · my မိုးတိမ်တိုက် (cloud from which rain is falling) · fi sadepilvi (cloud from which rain is falling) · pjt ngangkaḻi (cloud from which rain is falling) · ta கார்மேகம் (cloud from which rain is falling) · ta மழை மேகம் (cloud from which rain is falling) · ca nimbus (cloud from which rain is falling) · de Nimbus (cloud from which rain is falling) · is regnský (cloud from which rain is falling) · ko 비구름 (cloud from which rain is falling) · frr swark (cloud from which rain is falling) · nb regnsky (cloud from which rain is falling) · it nube (cloud from which rain is falling) · knb libuu (cloud from which rain is falling) · ar مُزْنَة (cloud from which rain is falling) · dz ཆར་སྤྲིན (cloud from which rain is falling) · ilo kuyemyem (cloud from which rain is falling) · ru дождевая ту́ча (cloud from which rain is falling) · ka საწვიმარი ღრუბელი (cloud from which rain is falling) · hu nimbuszfelhő (cloud from which rain is falling) · id awan hitam (cloud from which rain is falling) · id mendung (cloud from which rain is falling) · bo ཆར་སྤྲིན (cloud from which rain is falling) · is regnþykkni (cloud from which rain is falling) · tr yağmur bulutu (cloud from which rain is falling) · ru дождево́е о́блако (cloud from which rain is falling) · tl dagim (cloud from which rain is falling) · pt nimbo (cloud from which rain is falling) · lb Reewollek (cloud from which rain is falling) · ja 雨雲 (cloud from which rain is falling) · cmn 雨雲 /雨云 (cloud from which rain is falling) · dsb mrokawa (cloud from which rain is falling) · sv regnmoln (cloud from which rain is falling) · ga scamall báistí (cloud from which rain is falling) · eo pluvnubo (cloud from which rain is falling) · bg дъждовен облак (cloud from which rain is falling) · nl nimbuswolk (cloud from which rain is falling) · mk дождовен облак (cloud from which rain is falling) · mi okewa (cloud from which rain is falling) · vi mây mưa (cloud from which rain is falling) · hu esőfelhő (cloud from which rain is falling) · be дажджавая хмара (cloud from which rain is falling) · vo reinalefog (cloud from which rain is falling) · de Regenwolke (cloud from which rain is falling) · it nuvola (cloud from which rain is falling) · fr nimbus (cloud from which rain is falling) · fa مزنه (cloud from which rain is falling)