noun
Meaning 1
A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rainstorm
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnstɔːm/
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General-American: /ˈɹeɪnstɔɹm/
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rhymes with -eɪnstɔː(ɹ)m
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noun
Meaning 2
a storm with 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: storm, violent storm, rain, rainfall
Narrower terms: line storm, equinoctial storm, thundershower
History
Etymology
From rain + storm.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: поро́й (porój) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Catalan: tempesta — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Chinese Mandarin: 暴風雨 /暴风雨 (bàofēngyǔ) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Esperanto: pluvego — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Estonian: paduvihm — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Finnish: rankkasade — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- French: pluie torrentielle — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- French: averse — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- French: déluge — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Galician: temporal — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Galician: ballón — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Galician: invernada — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- German: Regensturm — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Ancient Greek: ὄμβρος (ómbros) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Hungarian: felhőszakadás — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Hungarian: zivatar — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Italian: temporale — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Japanese: 暴風雨 (bōfūu) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Japanese: 荒れ (are) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Korean: 폭풍우 (pokpung'u) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Malay: hujan ribut — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Māori: māwake pā roa — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Māori: marangai — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Portuguese: temporal — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Russian: ли́вень с урага́ном (lívenʹ s uragánom) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Russian: ли́вневый дождь (lívnevyj doždʹ) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Russian: проливно́й дождь (prolivnój doždʹ) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Spanish: turbión — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Spanish: manga de agua — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Spanish: tormenta pluvial — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Spanish: tormenta lluvial — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Tagalog: ulang-bagyo — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Tagalog: buraska — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Thai: พายุฝน (paa-yú-fǒn) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Tibetan: རླུང་འཚུབ (rlung 'tshub) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Turkish: yağmur fırtınası — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎌𐎎 (gšm) — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
- Vietnamese: mưa bão — storm characterized by substantial rainfall
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