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rayne

/ɹeɪn/

rayne 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 (1) capitalized: Rayne

Rayne

  1. A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Raine.
  2. A female given name.
  3. A city in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  4. A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  5. A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7222).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Rayne

Rayne

  1. (slang) The romantic pairing of the characters River Tam and Jayne Cobb from the television series Firefly.

Origin of rayne

Blend of River + Jayne.

Words formed from rayne

Questions about rayne

What does rayne mean?
Rayne means a surname transferred from the given name, variant of Raine.
What is rayne the obsolete form of?
Rayne is the obsolete form of rain.
What part of speech is rayne?
Rayne is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rayne?
Rayne is pronounced /ɹeɪn/.

Words near rayne in the dictionary

  1. Raynaud syndrome
  2. Raynaud's
  3. Raynaud's disease
  4. Raynaud's phenomena
  5. Raynaud's phenomenon
  6. rayne
  7. rayned
  8. Rayner
  9. Rayners
  10. Rayners Lane
  11. Raynes Park

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rayne (page history and authors); Rayne (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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