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English

Etymology

In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun +? shine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?a?n/
• Hyphenation: sun?shine

Noun

sunshine (usually uncountable, plural sunshines)

1. The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.

   Synonyms: sun, sunlight

2. A location on which the sun's rays fall.
3. (figuratively) Geniality or cheerfulness.
4. A source of cheerfulness or joy.
5. The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
6. (Britain) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.

7. (Britain) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.

8. (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• sunbeam

Translations

Adjective

sunshine (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• sunshine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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")