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cloudburst

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K L AW1 D B ER2 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sudden heavy rainstorm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a heavy rain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: downpour, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rain, rainfall

History

Etymology

From cloud + burst.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տարափ (tarapʻ) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Belarusian: лі́вень (lívjenʹ) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Bulgarian: порой (poroj) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Catalan: xàfec — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Czech: průtrž mračen — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Czech: liják — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Danish: skybrud — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Dutch: wolkbreuk — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Finnish: rankkasade — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • French: averse — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Georgian: თავსხმა (tavsxma) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • German: Wolkenbruch — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Hungarian: felhőszakadás — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Irish: maidhm bháistí — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Italian: nubifragio — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Italian: scroscio — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Italian: rovescio — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Italian: acquazzone — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Japanese: 豪雨 (gōu) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Macedonian: по́рој (póroj) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Macedonian: по́ројник (pórojnik) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Malay: hujan curah — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Malayalam: മേഘസ്ഫോടനം (mēghasphōṭanaṁ) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Marathi: ढगफुटी (ḍhagphuṭī) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Norwegian: styrtregn — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skybrudd — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skybrott — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skybrot — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skybrott — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Persian: رگبار پراکنده (ragbâr-e parâkande) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Persian: شغال باران (šoġâl-bârân) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Plautdietsch: Wolkjenbruch — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Polish: oberwanie chmury — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Portuguese: aguaceiro — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Portuguese: chuveiro — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Romanian: rupere de nori — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Russian: ли́вень (lívenʹ) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Spanish: aguacero — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Spanish: gota fría — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Sranan Tongo: sibibusi — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Swedish: störtskur — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Swedish: skyfall — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Swedish: störtregn — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Swedish: spöregn — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Swedish: hällregn — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Swedish: ösregn — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Ukrainian: зли́ва (zlýva) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Welsh: torgwmwl — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Welsh: cwmwl yn torri — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Welsh: cwmwl wedi torri — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Yiddish: וואָלקנבראָך (volknbrokh) — sudden heavy rainstorm
  • Yiddish: וואָלקנבראָךן (volknbrokhn) — sudden heavy rainstorm