"cloudburst" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/ [General-American], /ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-cloudburst.ogg Forms: cloudbursts [plural]
Etymology: From cloud + burst. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cloud|burst}} cloud + burst Head templates: {{en-noun}} cloudburst (plural cloudbursts)
  1. A sudden heavy rainstorm. Wikipedia link: cloudburst Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena, Rain Synonyms: cloudbust, cloud-burst Translations (sudden heavy rainstorm): տարափ (tarapʻ) (Armenian), лі́вень (lívjenʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), порой (poroj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), xàfec [masculine] (Catalan), průtrž mračen (Czech), liják (Czech), skybrud [neuter] (Danish), wolkbreuk [feminine] (Dutch), rankkasade (Finnish), averse [feminine] (French), Wolkenbruch [masculine] (German), felhőszakadás (Hungarian), maidhm bháistí [feminine] (Irish), nubifragio (Italian), scroscio (Italian), rovescio (Italian), acquazzone (Italian), 豪雨 (gōu) (alt: ごうう) (Japanese), по́рој (póroj) [masculine] (Macedonian), по́ројник (pórojnik) [literary, masculine] (Macedonian), hujan curah (Malay), മേഘസ്ഫോടനം (mēghasphōṭanaṁ) (Malayalam), ढगफुटी (ḍhagphuṭī) [feminine] (Marathi), styrtregn [neuter] (Norwegian), skybrudd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), skybrott [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), skybrot [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skybrott [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), رگبار پراکنده (ragbâr-e parâkande) (Persian), شغال باران (šoğâl-bârân) (Persian), Wolkjenbruch [masculine] (Plautdietsch), oberwanie chmury [neuter] (Polish), aguaceiro [masculine] (Portuguese), chuveiro [masculine] (Portuguese), rupere de nori [feminine] (Romanian), ли́вень (lívenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), aguacero [masculine] (Spanish), gota fría [feminine] (Spanish), sibibusi (Sranan Tongo), störtskur [common-gender] (Swedish), skyfall [neuter] (Swedish), störtregn [neuter] (Swedish), spöregn [neuter] (Swedish), hällregn [neuter] (Swedish), ösregn [neuter] (Swedish), зли́ва (zlýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), torgwmwl [masculine] (Welsh), cwmwl yn torri [masculine] (Welsh), cwmwl wedi torri [masculine] (Welsh), וואָלקנבראָך (volknbrokh) [masculine] (Yiddish), וואָלקנבראָךן (volknbrokhn) [masculine, plural] (Yiddish)

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          "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
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          "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
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          "roman": "ragbâr-e parâkande",
          "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
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          "roman": "šoğâl-bârân",
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        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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        "en:Atmospheric phenomena",
        "en:Rain"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1899, Edith Wharton, “A Cup of Cold Water”, in The Greater Inclination:",
          "text": "[B]ut the sound . . . expressed an utter abandonment to grief; not the cloud-burst of some passing emotion, but the slow down-pour of a whole heaven of sorrow.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, Stewart Edward White, chapter 38, in The Riverman:",
          "text": "A cloudburst in the China Creek district followed by continued heavy rains was responsible for the increased water.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1936 August 17, “Miscellany”, in Time, retrieved 2014-05-20:",
          "text": "In Uniontown, Pa., John Walchesky & family rushed from their house when lightning set it afire, rushed in again when a cloudburst put out the blaze.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 Feb. 25, Norman Howard, \"Devotion, chapter 1\" (book excerpt), New York Times (retrieved 20 May 2014)",
          "text": "[H]e walked across the lawn, wet from a fleeting late-afternoon cloudburst, the first rain in a month."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sudden heavy rainstorm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sudden",
          "sudden"
        ],
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy"
        ],
        [
          "rainstorm",
          "rainstorm"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "cloudburst"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cloudbust"
    },
    {
      "word": "cloud-burst"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tarapʻ",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "տարափ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "lívjenʹ",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лі́вень"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poroj",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "порой"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xàfec"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "průtrž mračen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "liják"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skybrud"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wolkbreuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "rankkasade"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "averse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wolkenbruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "felhőszakadás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maidhm bháistí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "nubifragio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "scroscio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "rovescio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "acquazzone"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごうう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōu",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "豪雨"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "póroj",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́рој"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pórojnik",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́ројник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "hujan curah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mēghasphōṭanaṁ",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "മേഘസ്ഫോടനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ḍhagphuṭī",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ढगफुटी"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "styrtregn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skybrudd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skybrott"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skybrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skybrott"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ragbâr-e parâkande",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "رگبار پراکنده"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šoğâl-bârân",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "شغال باران"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wolkjenbruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oberwanie chmury"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguaceiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chuveiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rupere de nori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lívenʹ",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́вень"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguacero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gota fría"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "word": "sibibusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "störtskur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skyfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "störtregn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spöregn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hällregn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ösregn"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zlýva",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зли́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "torgwmwl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cwmwl yn torri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cwmwl wedi torri"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "volknbrokh",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "וואָלקנבראָך"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "volknbrokhn",
      "sense": "sudden heavy rainstorm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "וואָלקנבראָךן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cloudburst"
}

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