rainy

English

Etymology

From Middle English reyny, from Old English *reġniġ, rēniġ (“rainy”), from Proto-Germanic *regnagaz (“rainy”), equivalent to rain +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪni/

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• Rhymes: -eɪni

Adjective

rainy (comparative rainier, superlative rainiest)

1. Pouring with rain; wet; showery

   Due to the rainy weather, we decided not to play in the park.

   It's a very rainy day, so let's stay indoors.

Derived terms

• raininess
• rainy day

Translations

abounding with rain

• Arabic: مَطِر‎ (ar) (maṭir), مَاطِر‎ (māṭir), مُمْطِر‎ (mumṭir)
• Armenian: անձրևոտ (anjrewot)
• Aromanian: pluios, pluiros
• Asturian: lluviosu
• Azerbaijani: yağışlı (az)
• Basque: euritsu
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: plujós
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多雨 (do¹ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 多雨 (zh) (duōyǔ)

• Czech: deštivý (cs)
• Dutch: regenachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: pluva
• Finnish: sateinen (fi)
• French: pluvieux (fr)
• Friulian: ploiôs
• Galician: chuvioso (gl)
• Georgian: წვიმიანი (c̣vimiani)
• German: regnerisch (de)
• Greek: βροχερός (el) m (vrocherós)

  Ancient: ὄμβριος (ómbrios)

• Hebrew: גשום‎ m (gashúm)
• Irish: fliuch, fearthainneach, báistiúil
• Italian: piovoso (it) m, pluviale m or f
• Japanese: 雨が降る (ame ga furu)
• Kalmyk: хурта (xurta), хур-бората (xur-borata)
• Kazakh:

  Arabic: جاڭبىرلى‎

  Cyrillic: жаңбырлы (jañbırlı)

  Latin: jańbyrly

• Khakas: наңмырлығ (nañmırlığ)
• Korean: 비오다 (bioda)
• Lao: ມີຝົນ (mī fon)

• Latin: pluviālis, imbridus (Medieval)
• Latvian: lietains
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᠠᡤᠠᠩᡤᠠ (agangga)
• Maori: hāuaua
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: бороотой (mn) (borootoj)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠷᠤᠭ᠋ᠠᠲᠠᠢ (boruɣ᠋atai)

• Nanai: тугдэку (tugdeku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regnfull

  Nynorsk: regnfull

• Occitan: plujós (oc), plojós
• Persian: بارانی‎ (fa) (bârâni)
• Polish: deszczowy (pl) m, (archaic) dżdżysty (pl)
• Portuguese: chuvoso (pt), pluvioso (pt)
• Romanian: ploios (ro)
• Russian: дождли́вый (ru) (doždlívyj)
• Sardinian: proghinosu, proighinosu, proxinosu, proxiosu, projosu, pioanu, projanu, proghijanu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кишан

  Roman: kišan (sh)

• Shor: нағбурлығ (naĝburlıĝ)
• Sicilian: chiuvusu (scn)
• Spanish: lluvioso (es), pluvioso (es)
• Swedish: regnig (sv)
• Tagalog: (literally) maulan
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yağmurlu (tr)
• Tuvan: частыг (častıg), чаашкынныг (čaaškınnıg)
• Ukrainian: дощови́й (doščovýj)
• Vietnamese: trời mưa, có mưa
• Westrobothnian: dåskut
• Written Oirat: ᡍᡇᠷᡐᠠᡅ (xurtai)
• Yakut: самыырдаах (samıırdaax)
• Yiddish: נאַס‎ (nas)