"raindrop" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹeɪndɹɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹeɪndɹɑp/ [General-American] Forms: raindrops [plural]
enPR: rānʹdrŏp [General-American] Etymology: From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English reġndropa, from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain + drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, West Frisian reindrip, Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel, German Low German Regendrüpp, German Regentropfen, Swedish regndroppe, Icelandic regndropi. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rein-drope}} Middle English rein-drope, {{m|enm|reyn-drope}} reyn-drope, {{m|enm|reyn drope}} reyn drope, {{inh|en|ang|reġndropa}} Old English reġndropa, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*regnadrupô}} Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô, {{compound|en|rain|drop}} rain + drop, {{cog|stq|Riendruppe}} Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, {{cog|fy|reindrip}} West Frisian reindrip, {{cog|nl|regendroppel}} Dutch regendroppel, {{m|nl|regendruppel}} regendruppel, {{cog|nds-de|Regendrüpp}} German Low German Regendrüpp, {{cog|de|Regentropfen}} German Regentropfen, {{cog|sv|regndroppe}} Swedish regndroppe, {{cog|is|regndropi}} Icelandic regndropi Head templates: {{en-noun}} raindrop (plural raindrops)
  1. A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky. Categories (topical): Rain Derived forms: raindrop cake, raindrop technique, raindrop therapy Translations (droplet of rainwater): قَطْرَةُ مَطَر (qaṭratu maṭar) [feminine] (Arabic), yağış damlası (Azerbaijani), yağış damcısı (Azerbaijani), дъждо́вна ка́пка (dǎždóvna kápka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gota d'aigua (Catalan), 雨滴 (yǔdī) (Chinese Mandarin), 雨點 (Chinese Mandarin), 雨点 (yǔdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), regndråbe [common-gender] (Danish), regendruppel [masculine] (Dutch), pluvero (Esperanto), vihmapiisk (Estonian), regndropi [masculine] (Faroese), sadepisara (Finnish), goutte de pluie [feminine] (French), Regentropfen [masculine] (German), στάλα (stála) (Greek), gout lapli (Haitian Creole), grenn lapli (Haitian Creole), טיפת גשם (tipát géshem) [feminine] (Hebrew), esőcsepp (Hungarian), regndropi (Icelandic), titik hujan (Indonesian), tetes hujan (Indonesian), 雨滴 (uteki) (alt: うてき) (Japanese), 雨垂れ (amadare) (alt: あまだれ) (Japanese), 雨粒 (amatsubu) (alt: あまつぶ) (Japanese), តំណក់ទឹកភ្លៀង (tɑmnɑk tɨk pliəng) (Khmer), 빗방울 (bitbang'ul) (Korean), ຢາດຝົນ (yāt fon) (Lao), lietus lāse (Latvian), lietaus lašas (Lithuanian), Reendrëps [feminine] (Luxembourgish), капка дожд (kapka dožd) [feminine] (Macedonian), മഴത്തുള്ളി (maḻattuḷḷi) (Malayalam), वर्षाबिंदु (varṣābindu) [masculine] (Marathi), борооны дусал (boroony dusal) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), dilopa baranê (Northern Kurdish), regndråpe [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), regndrope [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gota de pluèja [feminine] (Occitan), reġndropa [masculine] (Old English), قطرهٔ باران (qatre-ye bârân) (Persian), kropla deszczu (Polish), pinga [feminine] (Portuguese), pingo [masculine] (Portuguese), picătură de ploaie (Romanian), дождева́я ка́пля (doždevája káplja) [feminine] (Russian), ка́пля дождя́ (káplja doždjá) [feminine] (Russian), дожди́нка (doždínka) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), boinne uisge (Scottish Gaelic), kvapka dažďa [feminine] (Slovak), dažďová kvapka [feminine] (Slovak), gota de lluvia [feminine] (Spanish), regndroppe [common-gender] (Swedish), patak-ulan (Tagalog), மழைத்துளி (maḻaittuḷi) (Tamil), łùléna (Taos), వానచినుకు (vānacinuku) (Telugu), เม็ดฝน (Thai), หยาดฝน (Thai), หยดฝน (Thai), ཆར་ཟིལ (english: char zil) (Tibetan), yağmur damlası (Turkish), дощова́ кра́пля (doščová kráplja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кра́пля дощу́ (kráplja doščú) [feminine] (Ukrainian), giọt mưa (Vietnamese), diferion glaw (Welsh), ריינדראַפּ (reyndrap) (Yiddish)

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          "roman": "qaṭratu maṭar",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
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          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
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          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "gota d'aigua"
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          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "pluvero"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goutte de pluie"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "stála",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "στάλα"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "gout lapli"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "grenn lapli"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tipát géshem",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "טיפת גשם"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "esőcsepp"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "regndropi"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "titik hujan"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "tetes hujan"
        },
        {
          "alt": "うてき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "uteki",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "雨滴"
        },
        {
          "alt": "あまだれ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "amadare",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "雨垂れ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "あまつぶ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "amatsubu",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "雨粒"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tɑmnɑk tɨk pliəng",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "តំណក់ទឹកភ្លៀង"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bitbang'ul",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "빗방울"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "dilopa baranê"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "yāt fon",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "ຢາດຝົນ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "lietus lāse"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "lietaus lašas"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Reendrëps"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kapka dožd",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "капка дожд"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "maḻattuḷḷi",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "മഴത്തുള്ളി"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "varṣābindu",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वर्षाबिंदु"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "boroony dusal",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "борооны дусал"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "regndråpe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "regndrope"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gota de pluèja"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reġndropa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qatre-ye bârân",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "قطرهٔ باران"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "kropla deszczu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pinga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pingo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "picătură de ploaie"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doždevája káplja",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дождева́я ка́пля"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "káplja doždjá",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́пля дождя́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doždínka",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дожди́нка"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "boinne uisge"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kvapka dažďa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dažďová kvapka"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gota de lluvia"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "regndroppe"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "patak-ulan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "maḻaittuḷi",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "மழைத்துளி"
        },
        {
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "łùléna"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "vānacinuku",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "వానచినుకు"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "เม็ดฝน"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "หยาดฝน"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "หยดฝน"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "english": "char zil",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "ཆར་ཟིལ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "yağmur damlası"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "doščová kráplja",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дощова́ кра́пля"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kráplja doščú",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кра́пля дощу́"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "giọt mưa"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "diferion glaw"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "reyndrap",
          "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
          "word": "ריינדראַפּ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹeɪndɹɒp/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹeɪndɹɑp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rānʹdrŏp",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "raindrop"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "raindrop cake"
    },
    {
      "word": "raindrop technique"
    },
    {
      "word": "raindrop therapy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "rein-drope"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English rein-drope",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "reyn-drope"
      },
      "expansion": "reyn-drope",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "reyn drope"
      },
      "expansion": "reyn drope",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "reġndropa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English reġndropa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*regnadrupô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rain",
        "3": "drop"
      },
      "expansion": "rain + drop",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Riendruppe"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Riendruppe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "reindrip"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian reindrip",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "regendroppel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch regendroppel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "regendruppel"
      },
      "expansion": "regendruppel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Regendrüpp"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Regendrüpp",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Regentropfen"
      },
      "expansion": "German Regentropfen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "regndroppe"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish regndroppe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "regndropi"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic regndropi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English reġndropa, from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain + drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, West Frisian reindrip, Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel, German Low German Regendrüpp, German Regentropfen, Swedish regndroppe, Icelandic regndropi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "raindrops",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "raindrop (plural raindrops)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Rain"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1902, John Muir, The Grand Cañon of the Colorado",
          "text": "It is all so fine and orderly that it would seem that not only had the clouds and streams been kept harmoniously busy in the making of it, but that every raindrop sent like a bullet to a mark had been the subject of a separate thought, so sure is the outcome of beauty through the stormy centuries.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1969, Hal David (lyricist), “Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head”."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "droplet",
          "droplet"
        ],
        [
          "rainwater",
          "rainwater"
        ],
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹeɪndɹɒp/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹeɪndɹɑp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rānʹdrŏp",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaṭratu maṭar",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قَطْرَةُ مَطَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "yağış damlası"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "yağış damcısı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎždóvna kápka",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дъждо́вна ка́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "gota d'aigua"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔdī",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "雨滴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "雨點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔdiǎn",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "雨点"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "regndråbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regendruppel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "pluvero"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "vihmapiisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regndropi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "sadepisara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goutte de pluie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Regentropfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stála",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "στάλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "gout lapli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "grenn lapli"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tipát géshem",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טיפת גשם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "esőcsepp"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "regndropi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "titik hujan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "tetes hujan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uteki",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "雨滴"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あまだれ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amadare",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "雨垂れ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あまつぶ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amatsubu",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "雨粒"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tɑmnɑk tɨk pliəng",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "តំណក់ទឹកភ្លៀង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bitbang'ul",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "빗방울"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "dilopa baranê"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "yāt fon",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "ຢາດຝົນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "lietus lāse"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "lietaus lašas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Reendrëps"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kapka dožd",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "капка дожд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "maḻattuḷḷi",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "മഴത്തുള്ളി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "varṣābindu",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "वर्षाबिंदु"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "boroony dusal",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "борооны дусал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regndråpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regndrope"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gota de pluèja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reġndropa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qatre-ye bârân",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "قطرهٔ باران"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "kropla deszczu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pingo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "picătură de ploaie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doždevája káplja",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дождева́я ка́пля"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "káplja doždjá",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́пля дождя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doždínka",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дожди́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "boinne uisge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kvapka dažďa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dažďová kvapka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gota de lluvia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "regndroppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "patak-ulan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "maḻaittuḷi",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "மழைத்துளி"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "łùléna"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vānacinuku",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "వానచినుకు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "เม็ดฝน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "หยาดฝน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "หยดฝน"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "char zil",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "ཆར་ཟིལ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "yağmur damlası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doščová kráplja",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дощова́ кра́пля"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kráplja doščú",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кра́пля дощу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "giọt mưa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "diferion glaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "reyndrap",
      "sense": "droplet of rainwater",
      "word": "ריינדראַפּ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "raindrop"
}

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