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rainfall

noun · 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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rain

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: precipitation, downfall

Narrower terms: monsoon, rainstorm, downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker, drizzle, mizzle, shower, rain shower

History

Etymology

From rain + fall.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: reënval — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Bulgarian: вале́ж (valéž) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Catalan: pluviositat — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雨量 (yǔliàng) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 降雨量 (jiàngyǔliàng) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Dutch: neerslag — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Dutch: regenval — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Finnish: sademäärä — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Finnish: sadanta — meteorology: amount of rain
  • French: précipitations — meteorology: amount of rain
  • French: pluviosité — meteorology: amount of rain
  • German: Niederschlag — meteorology: amount of rain
  • German: Niederschlagshöhe — meteorology: amount of rain
  • German: Niederschlagsmenge — meteorology: amount of rain
  • German: Regenfall — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Greek: βροχόπτωση (vrochóptosi) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Hindi: वर्षा (varṣā) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Icelandic: regnmagn — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Icelandic: úrkomumagn — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Italian: acquazzone — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Italian: rovescio — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Japanese: 降雨量 (kōuryō) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Japanese: 雨量 (uryō) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Kannada: ಪರ್ಜನ್ಯ (parjanya) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Kannada: ಮಳೆಸುರಿತ (maḷesurita) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Kannada: ಮಳೆಯಳತೆ (maḷeyaḷate) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Latvian: nokrišņu daudzums — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Lithuanian: kritulių kiekis — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Macedonian: вр́неж (vŕnež) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nedbør — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Polish: opady deszczu — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Portuguese: precipitação — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Russian: коли́чество оса́дков (kolíčestvo osádkov) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Russian: дождь (doždʹ) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Russian: оса́дки (osádki) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Russian: ли́вень (lívenʹ) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Scottish Gaelic: uisge-adhair — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Southern Altai: јаҥмыр (ǰaŋmïr) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Spanish: cantidad pluvial — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Spanish: cuantía lluvial — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Spanish: pluviosidad — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Swedish: nederbörd — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Swedish: regn — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Telugu: వర్షపాతము (varṣapātamu) — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Tibetan: ཆར་བབས — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Vietnamese: lượng mưa — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Welsh: glawiad — meteorology: amount of rain
  • Finnish: sade — meteorology: occasion of raining
  • Finnish: vesisade — meteorology: occasion of raining
  • German: Niederschlag — meteorology: occasion of raining
  • Greek: βροχόπτωση (vrochóptosi) — meteorology: occasion of raining
  • Polish: deszcz — meteorology: occasion of raining
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