rainstorm en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɹeɪnstɔɹm/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈɹeɪnstɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From rain + storm.
Meanings
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A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.
2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rainstorms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
snowstorm · hailstorm · thunderstorm · deluge
Translations (39)
fi rankkasade (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · es tormenta lluvial (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · gl ballón (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · cmn 暴風雨 /暴风雨 (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · bg поро́й (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · ko 폭풍우 (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · hu felhőszakadás (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · es turbión (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · et paduvihm (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · tr yağmur fırtınası (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · pt temporal (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · fr pluie torrentielle (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · mi marangai (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · pl ulewa (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · eo pluvego (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · th พายุฝน (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · it temporale (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · ms hujan ribut (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · fr déluge (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · bo རླུང་འཚུབ (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · tl ulang-bagyo (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · uga 𐎂𐎌𐎎 (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · es manga de agua (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · gl invernada (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · fr averse (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · tl buraska (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · ru проливно́й дождь (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · gl temporal (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · mi māwake pā roa (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · vi mưa bão (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · ru ли́вневый дождь (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · es tormenta pluvial (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · ru ли́вень с урага́ном (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · de Regensturm (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · ja 荒れ (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · ca tempesta (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · ja 暴風雨 (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · hu zivatar (storm characterized by substantial rainfall) · grc ὄμβρος (storm characterized by substantial rainfall)