"Rainbow" meaning in English

See Rainbow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Rainbow
  1. A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States. Categories (topical): Scouting Categories (place): Census-designated places in California, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Rainbow-en-name-T2wmdJyI Disambiguation of Scouting: 59 5 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 3 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 2 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Forms: Rainbows [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * From an altered form of the Old French personal name Rainbaut, which is composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *raginą (“advice, counsel”) and *balþaz (“strong, bold”). * Translation of German Regenbogen, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|Rainbaut}} Rainbaut, {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{m|gem-pro|*raginą||advice, counsel}} *raginą (“advice, counsel”), {{m|gem-pro|*balþaz||strong, bold}} *balþaz (“strong, bold”), {{der|en|de|Regenbogen}} German Regenbogen Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Rainbow (plural Rainbows)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Rainbow-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: Rainbows [plural]
Etymology: From rainbow. Etymology templates: {{m|en|rainbow}} rainbow Head templates: {{en-noun}} Rainbow (plural Rainbows)
  1. A member of the Rainbow Guides, a Girl Guide movement for younger girls.
    Sense id: en-Rainbow-en-noun-JBVU~6CX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Rainbow meaning in English (4.2kB)

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