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downpour

noun · verb · 3 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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  • UK: /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D AW1 N P AO0 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A heavy fall of rain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cloudburst, plash, pourdown, rainstorm

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To pour down; rain heavily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a heavy rain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rain, rainfall

History

Etymology

From down- + pour. Compare typologically Czech liják, Polish ulewa, Slovene naliv, Russian ли́вень (lívenʹ) (akin to лить (litʹ)).

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَابِل (wābil) — heavy fall of rain
  • Arabic: مَطَر غَزِير (maṭar ḡazīr) — heavy fall of rain
  • Arabic: شُؤْبُوب (šuʔbūb) — heavy fall of rain
  • Arabic: هُطُول (huṭūl) — heavy fall of rain
  • Armenian: տարափ (tarapʻ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Azerbaijani: leysan — heavy fall of rain
  • Belarusian: лі́вень (lívjenʹ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Belarusian: уле́ва (uljéva) — heavy fall of rain
  • Belarusian: зале́ва (zaljéva) — heavy fall of rain
  • Belarusian: дажджы́шча (daždžýšča) — heavy fall of rain
  • Bulgarian: поро́й (porój) — heavy fall of rain
  • Bulgarian: поро́ен дъжд (poróen dǎžd) — heavy fall of rain
  • Catalan: xàfec — heavy fall of rain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大雨 (dàyǔ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傾盆大雨 /倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瓢潑大雨 /瓢泼大雨 (piáopōdàyǔ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Czech: liják — heavy fall of rain
  • Danish: regnskyl — heavy fall of rain
  • Danish: øsregn — heavy fall of rain
  • Danish: styrtregn — heavy fall of rain
  • Dutch: wolkbreuk — heavy fall of rain
  • Esperanto: ŝaŭro — heavy fall of rain
  • Finnish: kaatosade — heavy fall of rain
  • Finnish: rankkasade — heavy fall of rain
  • French: trombe — heavy fall of rain
  • French: averse — heavy fall of rain
  • Galician: chuvasco — heavy fall of rain
  • Galician: chuvascada — heavy fall of rain
  • Galician: ballón — heavy fall of rain
  • Galician: trebón — heavy fall of rain
  • Galician: cairo — heavy fall of rain
  • Galician: corisco — heavy fall of rain
  • German: Regenguss — heavy fall of rain
  • German: Platzregen — heavy fall of rain
  • German: Wolkenbruch — heavy fall of rain
  • Greek: νεροποντή (neropontí) — heavy fall of rain
  • Ancient Greek: ὄμβρος (ómbros) — heavy fall of rain
  • Hungarian: zivatar — heavy fall of rain
  • Hungarian: felhőszakadás — heavy fall of rain
  • Hungarian: zápor — heavy fall of rain
  • Ido: pluvego — heavy fall of rain
  • Indonesian: hujan lebat — heavy fall of rain
  • Irish: duartan — heavy fall of rain
  • Italian: acquazzone — heavy fall of rain
  • Italian: diluvio — heavy fall of rain
  • Italian: temporale — heavy fall of rain
  • Italian: rovescio — heavy fall of rain
  • Italian: nubifragio — heavy fall of rain
  • Japanese: 大雨 (ōame) — heavy fall of rain
  • Japanese: 土砂降り (doshaburi) — heavy fall of rain
  • Kazakh: нөсер жаңбыр (nöser jañbyr) — heavy fall of rain
  • Kazakh: нөсер (nöser) — heavy fall of rain
  • Korean: 폭우 (pogu) — heavy fall of rain
  • Korean: 큰 비 (keun bi) — heavy fall of rain
  • Korean: 호우 (hou) — heavy fall of rain
  • Macedonian: по́рој (póroj) — heavy fall of rain
  • Macedonian: по́роен дожд (póroen dožd) — heavy fall of rain
  • Macedonian: по́ројник (pórojnik) — heavy fall of rain
  • Malay: hujan lebat — heavy fall of rain
  • Māori: patapataiāwhā — heavy fall of rain
  • Norman: dêtchèrque — heavy fall of rain
  • Norman: dêcliaitchie — heavy fall of rain
  • Norn: ålup — heavy fall of rain
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regnskyll — heavy fall of rain
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øsregn — heavy fall of rain
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: styrtregn — heavy fall of rain
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pøsregn — heavy fall of rain
  • Occitan: marcejada — heavy fall of rain
  • Old Prussian: suge — heavy fall of rain
  • Polish: ulewa — heavy fall of rain
  • Portuguese: temporal — heavy fall of rain
  • Portuguese: toró — heavy fall of rain
  • Portuguese: chuvada — heavy fall of rain
  • Portuguese: aguaceiro — heavy fall of rain
  • Romanian: aversă — heavy fall of rain
  • Romanian: ploaie torențială — heavy fall of rain
  • Russian: ли́вень (lívenʹ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Russian: проливно́й дождь (prolivnój doždʹ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Serbo-Croatian: jaka kiša — heavy fall of rain
  • Serbo-Croatian: pljusak — heavy fall of rain
  • Slovak: lejak — heavy fall of rain
  • Slovene: ploha — heavy fall of rain
  • Slovene: naliv — heavy fall of rain
  • Spanish: chaparrón — heavy fall of rain
  • Spanish: aguacero — heavy fall of rain
  • Spanish: chubasco — heavy fall of rain
  • Spanish: palo de agua — heavy fall of rain
  • Spanish: jarreo — heavy fall of rain
  • Swedish: ösregn — heavy fall of rain
  • Turkish: sağanak — heavy fall of rain
  • Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎌𐎎 (gšm) — heavy fall of rain
  • Ukrainian: зли́ва (zlýva) — heavy fall of rain
  • Ukrainian: ли́вень (lývenʹ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Ukrainian: зали́ва (zalýva) — heavy fall of rain
  • Ukrainian: про́ливень (prólyvenʹ) — heavy fall of rain
  • Ukrainian: хлю́ща (xljúšča) — heavy fall of rain
  • Uzbek: jala — heavy fall of rain
  • Vietnamese: mưa rào — heavy fall of rain
  • Welsh: curlaw — heavy fall of rain
  • Welsh: tywalltiad — heavy fall of rain
  • Yiddish: שלאַקסרעגן (shlaksregn) — heavy fall of rain
  • French: pleuvoir à verse — rain heavily
  • Italian: diluviare — rain heavily
  • Spanish: jarrear — rain heavily