"downpour" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: downpours [plural]
Etymology: down- + pour Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|down|pour}} down- + pour Head templates: {{en-noun}} downpour (plural downpours)
  1. A heavy rain. Synonyms: cloudburst, rainstorm, pourdown [rare] Translations (heavy rain): ὄμβρος (ómbros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), وَابِل (wābil) [masculine] (Arabic), مَطَر غَزِير (maṭar ḡazīr) [masculine] (Arabic), شُؤْبُوب (šuʔbūb) [masculine] (Arabic), هُطُول (huṭūl) (Arabic), տարափ (tarapʻ) (Armenian), leysan (Azerbaijani), лі́вень (lívjenʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), уле́ва (uljéva) [feminine] (Belarusian), зале́ва (zaljéva) [feminine] (Belarusian), дажджы́шча (daždžýšča) [masculine] (Belarusian), поро́й (porój) [masculine] (Bulgarian), поро́ен дъжд (poróen dǎžd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), xàfec [masculine] (Catalan), 大雨 (dàyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 傾盆大雨 (Chinese Mandarin), 倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 瓢潑大雨 (Chinese Mandarin), 瓢泼大雨 (piáopōdàyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), liják [masculine] (Czech), regnskyl [neuter] (Danish), øsregn [common-gender] (Danish), styrtregn [common-gender] (Danish), wolkbreuk [feminine] (Dutch), ŝaŭro (Esperanto), kaatosade (Finnish), rankkasade (Finnish), trombe [feminine] (French), averse [feminine] (French), chuvasco [masculine] (Galician), chuvascada [feminine] (Galician), ballón [masculine] (Galician), trebón [masculine] (Galician), cairo [masculine] (Galician), corisco [masculine] (Galician), Regenguss [masculine] (German), Platzregen [masculine] (German), zivatar (Hungarian), felhőszakadás (Hungarian), zápor (Hungarian), pluvego (Ido), hujan lebat (Indonesian), duartan [masculine] (Irish), acquazzone [masculine] (Italian), diluvio [masculine] (Italian), temporale [masculine] (Italian), rovescio [masculine] (Italian), nubifragio [masculine] (Italian), 大雨 (ōame) (alt: おおあめ) (Japanese), 土砂降り (doshaburi) (alt: どしゃぶり) (Japanese), нөсер жаңбыр (nöser jañbyr) (Kazakh), нөсер (nöser) (Kazakh), 폭우 (pogu) (alt: 暴雨) (Korean), 큰 비 (keun bi) (Korean), 호우 (hou) (alt: 豪雨) (Korean), по́рој (póroj) [masculine] (Macedonian), по́роен дожд (póroen dožd) [masculine] (Macedonian), по́ројник (pórojnik) [literary, masculine] (Macedonian), hujan lebat (Malay), patapataiāwhā (Maori), dêtchèrque [feminine] (Norman), dêcliaitchie [feminine] (Norman), ålup [neuter] (Norn), regnskyll [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), øsregn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), styrtregn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pøsregn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), marcejada [feminine] (Occitan), aglā (Old Prussian), ulewa [feminine] (Polish), temporal [masculine] (Portuguese), toró [masculine] (Portuguese), aversă [feminine] (Romanian), ploaie torențială [feminine] (Romanian), ли́вень (lívenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), проливно́й дождь (prolivnój doždʹ) [masculine] (Russian), jaka kiša [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljusak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lejak [masculine] (Slovak), ploha [feminine] (Slovene), naliv [masculine] (Slovene), chaparrón [masculine] (Spanish), aguacero (Spanish), chubasco [masculine] (Spanish), palo de agua [Venezuela] (Spanish), ösregn [neuter] (Swedish), sağanak (Turkish), 𐎂𐎌𐎎 (gšm) (Ugaritic), зли́ва (zlýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ли́вень (lývenʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), зали́ва (zalýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), про́ливень (prólyvenʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хлю́ща (xljúšča) [feminine] (Ukrainian), jala (Uzbek), curlaw [masculine] (Welsh), tywalltiad [masculine] (Welsh), שלאַקסרעגן (shlaksregn) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-downpour-en-noun-jA~w5MZq

Verb

IPA: /ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: downpours [present, singular, third-person], downpouring [participle, present], downpoured [participle, past], downpoured [past]
Etymology: down- + pour Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|down|pour}} down- + pour Head templates: {{en-verb}} downpour (third-person singular simple present downpours, present participle downpouring, simple past and past participle downpoured)
  1. (intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Rain Derived forms: downpouring Translations (rain heavily): pleuvoir à verse (French), diluviare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-downpour-en-verb-CmgdOSM8 Disambiguation of Rain: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English hybridisms, English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 14 86

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "heavy rain",
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          "roman": "porój",
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          "word": "поро́й"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "poróen dǎžd",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "поро́ен дъжд"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "xàfec"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàyǔ",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "大雨"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "傾盆大雨"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qīngpéndàyǔ",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "倾盆大雨"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "瓢潑大雨"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "piáopōdàyǔ",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "瓢泼大雨"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "liják"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "regnskyl"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "øsregn"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "styrtregn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wolkbreuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "ŝaŭro"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "kaatosade"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "rankkasade"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trombe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "averse"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chuvasco"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chuvascada"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ballón"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trebón"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cairo"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "corisco"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Regenguss"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Platzregen"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ómbros",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ὄμβρος"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "zivatar"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "felhőszakadás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "zápor"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "pluvego"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "hujan lebat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duartan"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acquazzone"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diluvio"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "temporale"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rovescio"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nubifragio"
        },
        {
          "alt": "おおあめ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōame",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "大雨"
        },
        {
          "alt": "どしゃぶり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "doshaburi",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "土砂降り"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "nöser jañbyr",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "нөсер жаңбыр"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "nöser",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "нөсер"
        },
        {
          "alt": "暴雨",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pogu",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "폭우"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "keun bi",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "큰 비"
        },
        {
          "alt": "豪雨",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hou",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "호우"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "póroj",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по́рој"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "póroen dožd",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по́роен дожд"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pórojnik",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "literary",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по́ројник"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "hujan lebat"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "patapataiāwhā"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dêtchèrque"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dêcliaitchie"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrn",
          "lang": "Norn",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ålup"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "regnskyll"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "øsregn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "styrtregn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pøsregn"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marcejada"
        },
        {
          "code": "prg",
          "lang": "Old Prussian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "word": "aglā"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ulewa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "temporal"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "toró"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aversă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ploaie torențială"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lívenʹ",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ли́вень"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prolivnój doždʹ",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "проливно́й дождь"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jaka kiša"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pljusak"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lejak"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ploha"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "heavy rain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "naliv"
        },
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "xàfec"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "ŝaŭro"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "trombe"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "averse"
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ballón"
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
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      "word": "cairo"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
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      "word": "corisco"
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Platzregen"
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "zivatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "felhőszakadás"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "zápor"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "pluvego"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "hujan lebat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "duartan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acquazzone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "diluvio"
    },
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "rovescio"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "大雨"
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "土砂降り"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "heavy rain",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "temporal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toró"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aversă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ploaie torențială"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lívenʹ",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́вень"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prolivnój doždʹ",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проливно́й дождь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jaka kiša"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pljusak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lejak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ploha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naliv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chaparrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "aguacero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chubasco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela"
      ],
      "word": "palo de agua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ösregn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "sağanak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "gšm",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "𐎂𐎌𐎎"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zlýva",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зли́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lývenʹ",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́вень"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zalýva",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зали́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prólyvenʹ",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "про́ливень"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xljúšča",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хлю́ща"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "word": "jala"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "curlaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tywalltiad"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shlaksregn",
      "sense": "heavy rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שלאַקסרעגן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "downpour"
}

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          "ref": "2002, Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 211",
          "text": "It started to downpour, so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rain heavily",
      "word": "pleuvoir à verse"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rain heavily",
      "word": "diluviare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "downpour"
}

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