rain cloud
rain cloud noun: a cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
Noun
rain cloud (plural rain clouds)
- A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
- Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214
- During this fine run through Fife the weather had deteriorated rapidly, and as we passed Wormit and came onto the Tay Bridge heavy rain clouds were piled over the sea.1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7
- Synonyms:
- nimbus, nimbostratus
rain cloud meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
rain cloud in Tamil
- cloud from which rain is falling
- கார்மேகம் kārmēkam, மழை மேகம் maḻai mēkam
rain cloud in Telugu
- rain cloud
- వర్షకరము varṣakaramu
rain cloud in Malayalam
- rain cloud
- മഴക്കാറ് maḻakkāṟŭ, കാർമുകിൽ kāṟmukil
rain cloud in Kannada
- ಮಳೆಮುಗಿಲು, ಮಳೆಮೋಡ
More languagesFewer languages
- rain cloud in Sanskrit
- वार्द vārda
- rain cloud in Tagalog
- dagim
- rain cloud in Arabic
- مُزْنَة muzna
- rain cloud in Indonesian
- mendung, awan hitam
- rain cloud in Persian
- مزنه mozne
- rain cloud in Vietnamese
- mây mưa
- rain cloud in Myanmar
- မိုးတိမ်တိုက် mui:timtuik, မိုးသား mui:sa:
- Dzongkha
- ཆར་སྤྲིན
Synonyms of rain cloud
Forms of rain cloud
| plural | rain clouds |
|---|---|
| alternative form | raincloud |
Questions about rain cloud
- What does rain cloud mean?
- Rain cloud means a cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
- What is rain cloud in Tamil?
- Rain cloud in Tamil is கார்மேகம் (kārmēkam), மழை மேகம் (maḻai mēkam). See Rain cloud meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rain cloud?
- Rain cloud is a noun.
- What is the plural of rain cloud?
- The plural of rain cloud is rain clouds.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rain cloud (page history and authors); వర్షకరము (Telugu) (page history and authors); കാർമുകിൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); rain cloud (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वार्द (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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