different between rain vs raim

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?n, IPA^(key): /?e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Homophones: reign, rein

Etymology 1

From Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English r?n, re?n (“rain”), from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regn? (“rain”) (compare West Frisian rein, Dutch regen, German Regen, Danish and Norwegian regn), of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hré?-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hre?- (“to flow”) (compare Latin rig? (“wet, soak”), Lithuanian rõki (“drizzling rain”), Albanian rrjedh (“to flow, drip”)), although the consonant reflexes don't match.

Alternative forms

• rayne, raygne (obsolete)

Noun

rain (usually uncountable, plural rains)

1. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to cause rain.

2. (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
3. (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

Usage notes

• shower, downpour, drop are some of the words used to count rain.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hydrometeor

Derived terms

• Also see terms derived from the verb

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: alen

Translations

See rain/translations § Noun.

Verb

rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)

1. (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.

2. (intransitive) To fall as or like rain.

3. (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.

Derived terms

• Also see terms derived from the noun

Translations

See rain/translations § Verb.

Etymology 2

Verb

rain (third-person singular simple present rains, present participle raining, simple past and past participle rained)

1. Obsolete form of reign.

   • Such wondrous science in mans witt to rain.

See also

• drizzle
• hail
• mizzle
• precipitation
• serein
• shower
• sleet
• snow
• storm
• Wikipedia article on rain

Anagrams

• ARIN, Arin, Iran, Irân, Ir?n, NIRA, Nair, RNAi, Rani, Rian, Rina, arni, rani

Japanese

Romanization

rain

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Kavalan

Noun

rain

1. waves in the open sea

Sera

Noun

rain

1. water

References

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics (2010, ?ISBN, page 333
• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Sissano

Noun

rain

1. water

References

• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
• John Nystrom, Sissano Organised Phonology Data (1992) (as rayn several times in a story; compare ranrayn "wet")

English

Verb

raim (third-person singular simple present raims, present participle raiming, simple past and past participle raimed)

1. Alternative form of rame

Anagrams

• Amir, Irma, Mair, Mari, Mira, RIMA, amir, mair, rami, rima

Dalmatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

raim

1. oar

References

• Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Middle English

Noun

raim

1. Alternative form of raymen

Old French

Alternative forms

• rain, ram, reim, rein

Etymology

From Latin r?mus.

Noun

raim m (oblique plural rains, nominative singular rains, nominative plural raim)

1. branch (of a tree, etc.)

Related terms

• ramel

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rain)
• raim on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub