"rain shower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rain showers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English reġnscūr, from Proto-Germanic *regnaskūrō. Equivalent to rain + shower. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rienskuur and Icelandic regnskúr. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|ang|reġnscūr}} Old English reġnscūr, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*regnaskūrō}} Proto-Germanic *regnaskūrō, {{compound|en|rain|shower}} rain + shower, {{cog|stq|Rienskuur}} Saterland Frisian Rienskuur, {{cog|is|regnskúr}} Icelandic regnskúr Head templates: {{en-noun}} rain shower (plural rain showers)
  1. (weather) A short, mild period of rainfall. Categories (topical): Weather Translations (short period of rain): regenbui [feminine] (Dutch), pluie [feminine] (French), 俄雨 (niwakaame) (Japanese), imber [masculine] (Latin), regnbyge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), regnskur [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), regnskur [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), reğnbyra [feminine] (Scanian), chubasco [masculine, plural, singular] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rain_shower-en-noun-ACYz9~iU Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, weather Disambiguation of 'short period of rain': 96 4
  2. A luxurious shower unit that provides a wide cascade of water similar to a rainstorm. Synonyms: rainshower, rain-shower
    Sense id: en-rain_shower-en-noun-0QrUY31m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

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