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rainy

/ˈɹeɪni/

rainy adjective: pouring with rain; wet; showery.

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.

rainy meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Punjabi

rainy in Urdu

بارانی, بارش سے گیلا

rainy in Bengali

rainy
বাদলা badola

rainy in Malayalam

മഴപെയ്യുന്ന, മഴയുള്ള, വർഷിക്കുന്ന

rainy in Punjabi

rainy
ਬਰਸਾਤੀ barsātī
More languagesFewer languages
rainy in Nepali
झरी jharī
rainy in Tagalog
maulan
rainy in Arabic
مَطِر maṭir, مَاطِر māṭir, مُمْطِر mumṭir
rainy in Persian
بارانی bârâni
rainy in Vietnamese
trời mưa, có mưa

Examples of rainy in a sentence

  • Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.
  • I have put by a few hundred pounds for a rainy day.
  • The lowland region was prone to flooding during the rainy season.

All 40 example sentences with rainy

Forms of rainy

comparativerainier
superlativerainiest

Origin of rainy

From Middle English reyny, from Old English reġniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *regnag, from Proto-Germanic *regnagaz (“rainy”), equivalent to rain + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rienig (“rainy”), West Frisian reinich (“rainy”), Dutch regenig (“rainy”), German regnig (“rainy”), Swedish regnig (“rainy”).

Words formed from rainy

Phrases with rainy

Words that rhyme with rainy

Questions about rainy

What does rainy mean?
Rainy means pouring with rain; wet; showery.
What is rainy in Urdu?
Rainy in Urdu is بارانی, بارش سے گیلا. See Rainy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is rainy?
Rainy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce rainy?
Rainy is pronounced /ˈɹeɪni/.

Words near rainy in the dictionary

  1. rainwaters
  2. rainwear
  3. rainworm
  4. rainworms
  5. Rainworth
  6. rainy
  7. rainy day
  8. rainy days
  9. Rainy Lake
  10. Rainy River
  11. Rainy River District

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rainy (page history and authors); rainy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বাদলা (Bengali) (page history and authors); rainy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਰਸਾਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); झरी (Nepali) (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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