noun
Meaning 1
The portion of the year during which the most rain falls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
rainy season
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noun
Meaning 2
one of the two seasons in tropical climates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dry season
Broader terms: season, time of year
Narrower terms: monsoon
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Assamese: বাৰিষা (barixa) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Azerbaijani: yağış dönəmi — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Central Bikol: tag-uran — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Bulgarian: дъждо́вен сезо́н (dǎždóven sezón) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Bunun: sahudan — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Burmese: မိုးရာသီ (mui:rasi) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Cebuano: ting-ulan — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Chinese Mandarin: 雨季 (yǔjì) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Chinese Mandarin: 梅雨 (méiyǔ) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Chinese Mandarin: 雨期 (yǔqī) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Czech: období dešťů — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Danish: regntid — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Dutch: regentijd — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Dutch: regenseizoen — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Finnish: sadekausi — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- French: saison des pluies — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Galician: estación chuviosa — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- German: Regenzeit — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Hindi: वर्षा ऋतु (varṣā ŕtu) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Indonesian: musim hujan — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Italian: stagione delle piogge — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Italian: stagione umida — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Japanese: 雨季 (uki) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Japanese: 雨期 (uki) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Japanese: 梅雨 — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Kannada: ಮಳೆಗಾಲ (maḷegāla) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Kapampangan: paliuran — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Kashmiri: ؤہراتھ (vạhrāth) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Kashmiri: بَرساتھ (barsāth) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Kashmiri: وَرشا کال (varśā kāl) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Khmer: រដូវភ្លៀង (rɔɔrɔdəw phliəng) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Korean: 우기 (ugi) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Korean: 우계 (ugye) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Korean: 매우 (mae'u) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Korean: 장마 (jangma) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Lao: ລະດູຝົນ (la dū fon) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Lao: ຣະດູຝົນ (ra dū fon) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Lao: ຍາມຝົນ (nyām fon) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Lao: ພັນສາ (phan sā) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Lao: ວັດສາ (wat sā) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Lao: ຣະດູຕັ້ງຖ່າຽຝົນ (ra dū tang thāi fon) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Lao: ຫນ້າຝົນ (nā fon) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Latvian: lietus periods — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Latvian: lietainais gadalaiks — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Malay: musim hujan — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Malay: tengkujuh — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Manx: imbagh ny fliaghaghyn — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Manx: imbagh fliaghee — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Manx: imbagh fliugh — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Māori: kaupeka uanui — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Maranungku: wudum — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Marathi: पावसाळा (pāvsāḷā) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Mwani: kinja — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Nahuatl: xupantla — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Navajo: nidahałtingo — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Nepali: वर्षा ऋतु (varṣā r̥tu) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Norwegian Bokmål: regntid — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Norwegian Nynorsk: regntid — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Southern Ohlone: amaniguai — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Paraujano: uuya — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Polish: pora deszczowa — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Portuguese: estação chuvosa — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Punjabi: ਬਰਸਾਤ (barsāt) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Russian: сезо́н дожде́й (sezón doždéj) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Russian: дождли́вый сезо́н (doždlívyj sezón) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Santali: ᱡᱟᱹᱯᱩᱫ ᱨᱤᱛᱩ (jăput’ ritu) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Spanish: estación lluviosa — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Sranan Tongo: alenten — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Swahili: majira ya mvua — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Swahili: msimu wa mvua — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Swedish: regntid — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Swedish: regnperiod — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Tagalog: tag-ulan — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Tamil: மாரிகாலம் (mārikālam) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Telugu: వర్షాకాలము (varṣākālamu) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Telugu: వర్ష ఋతువు (varṣa r̥tuvu) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Thai: ฤดูฝน (rʉ́-duu-fǒn) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Thai: หน้าฝน (nâa-fǒn) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Tibetan: ཆར་དུས — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Turkish: yağmur mevsimi — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Tzotzil: vo’tik — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Vietnamese: mùa mưa — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Yiddish: רעגנצײַט (regntsayt) — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- Yoruba: ìgbà òjò — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- ǃXóõ: ʻǁnāhu — portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest