Phrase guide

rain gauge

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pluviometer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rain gage, pluviometer, udometer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gauge, gage

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: pluviómetru — device used to measure rainfall
  • Azerbaijani: yağışölçən — device used to measure rainfall
  • Bulgarian: дъждомер (dǎždomer) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Catalan: pluviòmetre — device used to measure rainfall
  • Catalan: udòmetre — device used to measure rainfall
  • Czech: srážkoměr — device used to measure rainfall
  • Czech: dešťoměr — device used to measure rainfall
  • Danish: regnmåler — device used to measure rainfall
  • Dutch: regenmeter — device used to measure rainfall
  • Finnish: sademittari — device used to measure rainfall
  • French: pluviomètre — device used to measure rainfall
  • Galician: pluviómetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Galician: udómetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Georgian: წვიმასაზომი (c̣vimasazomi) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Georgian: წვიმსაზომი (c̣vimsazomi) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Georgian: პლუვიომეტრი (ṗluviomeṭri) — device used to measure rainfall
  • German: Niederschlagsmesser — device used to measure rainfall
  • German: Regenmesser — device used to measure rainfall
  • German: Pluviometer — device used to measure rainfall
  • Greek: βροχόμετρο (vrochómetro) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Italian: pluviometro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Italian: udometro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Japanese: 雨量計 (uryōkei) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Kazakh: шөгуді өлшегіш (şögudı ölşegış) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Lithuanian: kritùlmatis — device used to measure rainfall
  • Lithuanian: li̇́etmatis — device used to measure rainfall
  • Malay: pluviometer — device used to measure rainfall
  • Polish: deszczomierz — device used to measure rainfall
  • Polish: pluwiometr — device used to measure rainfall
  • Portuguese: pluviómetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Portuguese: pluviômetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Portuguese: pluvímetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Portuguese: udómetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Portuguese: udômetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Romanian: pluviometru — device used to measure rainfall
  • Romanian: udometru — device used to measure rainfall
  • Russian: дождеме́р (doždemér) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Russian: осадкоме́р (osadkomér) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Russian: плювио́метр (pljuviómetr) — device used to measure rainfall
  • Spanish: pluviómetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Spanish: pluvímetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Spanish: udómetro — device used to measure rainfall
  • Swedish: regnmätare — device used to measure rainfall
  • Swedish: pluviometer — device used to measure rainfall
  • Swedish: nederbördsmätare — device used to measure rainfall
  • Tagalog: ulansukod — device used to measure rainfall
  • Turkish: yağmurölçer — device used to measure rainfall
  • Vietnamese: vũ lượng kế — device used to measure rainfall
  • Vietnamese: vũ kế — device used to measure rainfall
  • Vietnamese: máy đo lượng mưa — device used to measure rainfall