Phrase guide

rain cloud

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a dark grey cloud bearing rain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nimbus, nimbus cloud

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cloud

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: јаҥмырлу булут (ǰaŋmïrlu bulut) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Arabic: مُزْنَة (muzna) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Belarusian: дажджавая хмара (daždžavaja xmara) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Bulgarian: дъждовен облак (dǎždoven oblak) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Burmese: မိုးတိမ်တိုက် (mui:timtuik) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Burmese: မိုးသား (mui:sa:) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Catalan: nimbus — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Catalan: núvol plugisser — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雨雲 /雨云 (yǔyún) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Danish: regnsky — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Dutch: regenwolk — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Dutch: nimbuswolk — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Dzongkha: ཆར་སྤྲིན — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Esperanto: pluvnubo — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Finnish: sadepilvi — cloud from which rain is falling
  • French: nimbus — cloud from which rain is falling
  • North Frisian: swark — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Georgian: საწვიმარი ღრუბელი (sac̣vimari ɣrubeli) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • German: Regenwolke — cloud from which rain is falling
  • German: Nimbus — cloud from which rain is falling
  • German: Schleierwolke — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Hungarian: esőfelhő — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Hungarian: nimbusz — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Hungarian: nimbuszfelhő — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Icelandic: regnský — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Icelandic: úrkomuský — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Icelandic: regnþykkni — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Ilocano: kuyemyem — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Indonesian: mendung — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Indonesian: awan hitam — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Ingrian: tuuca — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Irish: scamall báistí — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Istriot: nenbo — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Italian: nuvola — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Italian: nube — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Italian: nembo — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Japanese: 雨雲 (amagumo) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: libuu — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: bulot — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Korean: 비구름 (bigureum) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Latin: nimbus — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Luxembourgish: Reewollek — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Macedonian: дождовен облак (doždoven oblak) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Māori: okewa — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regnsky — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: regnsky — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Persian: مزنه (mozne) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Pitjantjatjara: ngangkaḻi — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Polish: chmura deszczowa — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Portuguese: nimbo — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Russian: дождевая ту́ча (doždevaja túča) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Russian: дождево́е о́блако (doždevóje óblako) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Lower Sorbian: mrokawa — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Lower Sorbian: mrok — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Spanish: nimbo — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Swedish: regnmoln — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Tagalog: dagim — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Tamil: கார்மேகம் (kārmēkam) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Tamil: மழை மேகம் (maḻai mēkam) — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Tibetan: ཆར་སྤྲིན — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Turkish: yağmur bulutu — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Venetan: nenbo — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Vietnamese: mây mưa — cloud from which rain is falling
  • Volapük: reinalefog — cloud from which rain is falling