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rainy

adj · 2 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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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹeɪni/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪni
  • CMU ARPABET: R EY1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Due to the rainy weather, we decided not to play in the park.
  • It's a very rainy day, so let's stay indoors.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • showery weather
  • rainy days

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: showery

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English reyny, from Old English reġniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *regnag, from Proto-Germanic *regnagaz (“rainy”), equivalent to rain + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rienig (“rainy”), West Frisian reinich (“rainy”), Dutch regenig (“rainy”), German regnig (“rainy”), Swedish regnig (“rainy”).

Across languages

Translations

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Northern Altai: ньанъмырлыг (nʹanʺmïrlïg) — abounding with rain
  • Southern Altai: јаҥмырлу (ǰaŋmïrlu) — abounding with rain
  • Arabic: مَطِر (maṭir) — abounding with rain
  • Arabic: مَاطِر (māṭir) — abounding with rain
  • Arabic: مُمْطِر (mumṭir) — abounding with rain
  • Armenian: անձրեւոտ (anjrewot) — abounding with rain
  • Aromanian: pluios — abounding with rain
  • Aromanian: pluiros — abounding with rain
  • Asturian: lluviosu — abounding with rain
  • Azerbaijani: yağışlı — abounding with rain
  • Azerbaijani: yağmurlu — abounding with rain
  • Basque: euritsu — abounding with rain
  • Belarusian: дажджы́сты (daždžýsty) — abounding with rain
  • Belarusian: дажджлі́вы (daždžlívy) — abounding with rain
  • Belarusian: дажджавы́ (daždžavý) — abounding with rain
  • Central Bikol: mauran — abounding with rain
  • Breton: glavek — abounding with rain
  • Bulgarian: дъждо́вен (dǎždóven) — abounding with rain
  • Bulgarian: дъждови́т (dǎždovít) — abounding with rain
  • Catalan: plujós — abounding with rain
  • Chinese Cantonese: 多雨 (do1 jyu5) — abounding with rain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多雨 (duōyǔ) — abounding with rain
  • Czech: deštivý — abounding with rain
  • Danish: regnfuld — abounding with rain
  • Dutch: regenachtig — abounding with rain
  • Esperanto: pluva — abounding with rain
  • Estonian: vihmane — abounding with rain
  • Finnish: sateinen — abounding with rain
  • French: pluvieux — abounding with rain
  • Friulian: ploiôs — abounding with rain
  • Galician: chuvioso — abounding with rain
  • Georgian: წვიმიანი (c̣vimiani) — abounding with rain
  • German: regnerisch — abounding with rain
  • Greek: βροχερός (vrocherós) — abounding with rain
  • Ancient Greek: ὄμβριος (ómbrios) — abounding with rain
  • Hebrew: גָּשׁוּם (gashúm) — abounding with rain
  • Hungarian: esős — abounding with rain
  • Ingrian: vihmakas — abounding with rain
  • Ingrian: saekas — abounding with rain
  • Ingrian: itkuin — abounding with rain
  • Irish: fliuch — abounding with rain
  • Irish: fearthainneach — abounding with rain
  • Irish: báistiúil — abounding with rain
  • Italian: piovoso — abounding with rain
  • Italian: pluviale — abounding with rain
  • Japanese: 雨が降る (ame ga furu) — abounding with rain
  • Japanese: 雨の (ame no) — abounding with rain
  • Japanese: 雨降りの (amefuri no) — abounding with rain
  • Japanese: 雨の多い (ame no ōi) — abounding with rain
  • Kalmyk: хурта (xurta) — abounding with rain
  • Kalmyk: хур-бората (xur-borata) — abounding with rain
  • Kazakh: жаңбырлы (jañbyrly) — abounding with rain
  • Kazakh: جاڭبىرلى — abounding with rain
  • Khakas: наңмырлығ (nañmırlığ) — abounding with rain
  • Korean: 비가 오는 — abounding with rain
  • Korean: 우중의 (ujung'ui) — abounding with rain
  • Kyrgyz: жамгырдуу (jamgırduu) — abounding with rain
  • Lao: ມີຝົນ (mī fon) — abounding with rain
  • Latin: pluviōsus — abounding with rain
  • Latin: imbridus — abounding with rain
  • Latvian: lietains — abounding with rain
  • Lithuanian: lietingas — abounding with rain
  • Macedonian: дождлив (doždliv) — abounding with rain
  • Malagasy: morana — abounding with rain
  • Manchu: ᠠᡤᠠᠩᡤᠠ (agangga) — abounding with rain
  • Māori: hāuaua — abounding with rain
  • Middle English: reyny — abounding with rain
  • Mongolian: бороотой (borootoj) — abounding with rain
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠷᠤᠭ᠋ᠠᠲᠠᠢ (boruɣatai) — abounding with rain
  • Nanai: тугдэку (tugdeku) — abounding with rain
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regnfull — abounding with rain
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: regnfull — abounding with rain
  • Occitan: plujós — abounding with rain
  • Pannonian Rusyn: дижджовни (diždžovni) — abounding with rain
  • Pannonian Rusyn: дижджови (diždžovi) — abounding with rain
  • Persian: بارانی (bârâni) — abounding with rain
  • Plautdietsch: räajnisch — abounding with rain
  • Polish: deszczowy — abounding with rain
  • Polish: dżdżysty — abounding with rain
  • Portuguese: chuvoso — abounding with rain
  • Portuguese: pluvioso — abounding with rain
  • Romanian: ploios — abounding with rain
  • Russian: дождли́вый (doždlívyj) — abounding with rain
  • Russian: дождево́й (doždevój) — abounding with rain
  • Sardinian: proghinosu — abounding with rain
  • Sardinian: pioanu — abounding with rain
  • Serbo-Croatian: кѝшан — abounding with rain
  • Serbo-Croatian: kìšan — abounding with rain
  • Shor: нағбурлығ (naĝburlıĝ) — abounding with rain
  • Sicilian: chiuvusu — abounding with rain
  • Slovak: daždivý — abounding with rain
  • Slovene: deževen — abounding with rain
  • Spanish: lluvioso — abounding with rain
  • Spanish: pluvioso — abounding with rain
  • Swedish: regnig — abounding with rain
  • Tagalog: maulan — abounding with rain
  • Turkish: yağmurlu — abounding with rain
  • Tuvan: частыг (çastıg) — abounding with rain
  • Tuvan: чаашкынныг (çaaşkınnıg) — abounding with rain
  • Ukrainian: дощови́й (doščovýj) — abounding with rain
  • Ukrainian: дощови́тий (doščovýtyj) — abounding with rain
  • Uzbek: yomgʻirli — abounding with rain
  • Venetan: piovàn — abounding with rain
  • Vietnamese: trời mưa — abounding with rain
  • Vietnamese: có mưa — abounding with rain
  • Welsh: glawog — abounding with rain
  • West Frisian: reinich — abounding with rain
  • Written Oirat: ᡍᡇᠷᡐᠠᡅ (xurtai) — abounding with rain
  • Yakut: самыырдаах (samïïrdaaq) — abounding with rain
  • Yiddish: נאַס (nas) — abounding with rain