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raine

raine is the obsolete form of rain.

Meaning of rain

Noun

rain (usually uncountable, plural rains)

  1. (usually) Condensed water falling from a cloud.
    • We've been having a lot of rain lately.
  2. (figuratively, usually) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
  3. (figuratively, usually) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
    • A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.

See all 7 meanings of rain

Proper noun capitalized: Raine

Raine

  1. A surname transferred from the given name derived from any of several personal names (such as Raymond).

Forms of raine

pluralraines

Words formed from raine

Questions about raine

What does raine mean?
Raine means a surname transferred from the given name derived from any of several personal names (such as Raymond).
What is raine the obsolete form of?
Raine is the obsolete form of rain.
What part of speech is raine?
Raine is a proper noun.

Words near raine in the dictionary

  1. raindrop therapy
  2. raindroplet
  3. raindroplets
  4. raindroppy
  5. raindrops
  6. raine
  7. Raine syndrome
  8. rained
  9. rained buckets
  10. rained cats and dogs
  11. rained death

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: raine (page history and authors); Raine (page history and authors); rain (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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