noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:rānʹdrŏp
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹeɪndɹɒp/
General-American:rānʹdrŏp
General-American:/ˈɹeɪndɹɑp/
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noun
Meaning 1
A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1969, Hal David (lyricist), “Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head”.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drop
2
noun
Meaning 2
a drop of rain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drop, drib, driblet
History
Etymology
From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English reġndropa, from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain + drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, West Frisian reindrip, Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel, German Low German Regendrüpp, German Regentropfen, Swedish regndroppe, Icelandic regndropi.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قَطْرَةُ مَطَر
(qaṭratu maṭar)
— droplet of rainwater
Azerbaijani:
yağış damlası
— droplet of rainwater
Azerbaijani:
yağış damcısı
— droplet of rainwater
Bulgarian:
дъждо́вна ка́пка
(dǎždóvna kápka)
— droplet of rainwater
Catalan:
gota d'aigua
— droplet of rainwater
Chinese Mandarin:
雨滴
(yǔdī)
— droplet of rainwater
Chinese Mandarin:
雨點 /雨点
(yǔdiǎn)
— droplet of rainwater
Cornish:
glawen
— droplet of rainwater
Danish:
regndråbe
— droplet of rainwater
Dutch:
regendruppel
— droplet of rainwater
Esperanto:
pluvero
— droplet of rainwater
Estonian:
vihmapiisk
— droplet of rainwater
Faroese:
regndropi
— droplet of rainwater
Finnish:
sadepisara
— droplet of rainwater
French:
goutte de pluie
— droplet of rainwater
German:
Regentropfen
— droplet of rainwater
Greek:
στάλα
(stála)
— droplet of rainwater
Haitian Creole:
gout lapli
— droplet of rainwater
Haitian Creole:
grenn lapli
— droplet of rainwater
Hebrew:
טיפת גשם
(tipát géshem)
— droplet of rainwater
Hungarian:
esőcsepp
— droplet of rainwater
Icelandic:
regndropi
— droplet of rainwater
Indonesian:
titik hujan
— droplet of rainwater
Indonesian:
tetes hujan
— droplet of rainwater
Japanese:
雨滴
(uteki)
— droplet of rainwater
Japanese:
雨垂れ
(amadare)
— droplet of rainwater
Japanese:
雨粒
(amatsubu)
— droplet of rainwater
Khmer:
តំណក់ទឹកភ្លៀង
(tɑmnɑk tɨk pliəng)
— droplet of rainwater
Korean:
빗방울
(bitbang'ul)
— droplet of rainwater
Northern Kurdish:
dilopa baranê
— droplet of rainwater
Lao:
ຢາດຝົນ
(yāt fon)
— droplet of rainwater
Latvian:
lietus lāse
— droplet of rainwater
Lithuanian:
lietaus lašas
— droplet of rainwater
Luxembourgish:
Reendrëps
— droplet of rainwater
Macedonian:
капка дожд
(kapka dožd)
— droplet of rainwater
Malayalam:
മഴത്തുള്ളി
(maḻattuḷḷi)
— droplet of rainwater
Manchu:
ᠰᠠᠪᡩᠠᠨ
(sabdan)
— droplet of rainwater
Marathi:
वर्षाबिंदु
(varṣābindu)
— droplet of rainwater
Mongolian:
борооны дусал
(boroony dusal)
— droplet of rainwater
Norwegian Bokmål:
regndråpe
— droplet of rainwater
Norwegian Nynorsk:
regndrope
— droplet of rainwater
Occitan:
gota de pluèja
— droplet of rainwater
Old English:
reġndropa
— droplet of rainwater
Persian:
قطرهٔ باران
(qatre-ye bârân)
— droplet of rainwater
Polish:
kropla deszczu
— droplet of rainwater
Portuguese:
pinga
— droplet of rainwater
Portuguese:
pingo
— droplet of rainwater
Romanian:
picătură de ploaie
— droplet of rainwater
Russian:
дождева́я ка́пля
(doždevája káplja)
— droplet of rainwater
Russian:
ка́пля дождя́
(káplja doždjá)
— droplet of rainwater
Russian:
дожди́нка
(doždínka)
— droplet of rainwater
Scottish Gaelic:
boinne uisge
— droplet of rainwater
Slovak:
kvapka dažďa
— droplet of rainwater
Slovak:
dažďová kvapka
— droplet of rainwater
Spanish:
gota de lluvia
— droplet of rainwater
Swedish:
regndroppe
— droplet of rainwater
Tagalog:
patak-ulan
— droplet of rainwater
Tamil:
மழைத்துளி
(maḻaittuḷi)
— droplet of rainwater
Taos:
łùléna
— droplet of rainwater
Telugu:
వానచినుకు
(vānacinuku)
— droplet of rainwater
Thai:
เม็ดฝน
— droplet of rainwater
Thai:
หยาดฝน
— droplet of rainwater
Thai:
หยดฝน
— droplet of rainwater
Tibetan:
ཆར་ཟིལ
— droplet of rainwater
Turkish:
yağmur damlası
— droplet of rainwater
Ukrainian:
дощова́ кра́пля
(doščová kráplja)
— droplet of rainwater
Ukrainian:
кра́пля дощу́
(kráplja doščú)
— droplet of rainwater
Vietnamese:
giọt mưa
— droplet of rainwater
Welsh:
diferion glaw
— droplet of rainwater
Yiddish:
ריינדראַפּ
(reyndrap)
— droplet of rainwater
