"rainwater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rainwaters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|reinwater}} Middle English reinwater, {{inh|en|ang|reġnwæter}} Old English reġnwæter, {{af|en|rain|water}} rain + water, {{cog|fy|reinwetter}} West Frisian reinwetter, {{cog|nl|regenwater}} Dutch regenwater, {{cog|de|Regenwasser}} German Regenwasser, {{cog|sv|regnvatten}} Swedish regnvatten Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} rainwater (usually uncountable, plural rainwaters)
  1. Rainfall. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  2. Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Water Translations (water sourced from rain): مِيَاه اَلْأَمْطَار (miyāh al-ʔamṭār) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), дъждовна вода (dǎždovna voda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 雨水 (yǔshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), dešťovka [feminine] (Czech), dešťová voda [feminine] (Czech), regnvand [neuter] (Danish), regenwater [neuter] (Dutch), sadevesi (Finnish), eaux de pluie [feminine, plural] (French), auga de choiva [feminine] (Galician), Regenwasser [neuter] (German), esővíz (Hungarian), regnvatn [neuter] (Icelandic), acqua piovana [feminine] (Italian), 雨水 (amamizu) (alt: あまみず) (Japanese), 雨水 (usui) (Japanese), 빗물 (binmul) (Korean), 우수 (usu) (Korean), ᦓᧄᧉᦚᦳᧃ (nam²ḟun) (), дождовница (doždovnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), wai ua (Maori), पावसाचे पाणी (pāvsāce pāṇī) [neuter] (Marathi), regnvann [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), reġnwæter [neuter] (Old English), amana (Old Tupi), deszczówka [feminine] (Polish), água da/de chuva [feminine] (Portuguese), дождева́я вода́ (doždevája vodá) [feminine] (Russian), uisge-adhair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dažďovica [feminine] (Slovak), dažďová voda [feminine] (Slovak), agua de lluvia (Spanish), agua llovediza [feminine] (Spanish), regnvatten [neuter] (Swedish), чаъс суу (çàs suu) (Tuvan), дощова́ вода́ (doščová vodá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), nước mưa (Vietnamese), רעגן־וואַסער (regn-vaser) [neuter] (Yiddish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rain water

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Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "çàs suu",
          "sense": "water sourced from rain",
          "word": "чаъс суу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "doščová vodá",
          "sense": "water sourced from rain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дощова́ вода́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "water sourced from rain",
          "word": "nước mưa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "regn-vaser",
          "sense": "water sourced from rain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "רעגן־וואַסער"
        }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rain water"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rainwater"
}
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "reinwater"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "reġnwæter"
      },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "rain",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "regenwater"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Regenwasser"
      },
      "expansion": "German Regenwasser",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "regnvatten"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish regnvatten",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten.",
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 1, Joel Kirkland, “Australia's Record Rains Squeeze World Coal Supplies as Scientists Study Climate Pattern”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay.",
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      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987 January 18, Paula Deitz, “ISLAND LIVING, ENGLISH STYLE”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.",
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        }
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        "Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea."
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          "rain",
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        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
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          "stream",
          "stream"
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          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "pond",
          "pond"
        ],
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
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    {
      "word": "rain water"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miyāh al-ʔamṭār",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مِيَاه اَلْأَمْطَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎždovna voda",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дъждовна вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔshuǐ",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "雨水"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dešťovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dešťová voda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "regnvand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "regenwater"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "sadevesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "eaux de pluie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "auga de choiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Regenwasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "esővíz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "regnvatn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acqua piovana"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あまみず",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amamizu",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "雨水"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "usui",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "雨水"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "binmul",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "빗물"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "usu",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "우수"
    },
    {
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "nam²ḟun",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "ᦓᧄᧉᦚᦳᧃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "doždovnica",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дождовница"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "wai ua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pāvsāce pāṇī",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "पावसाचे पाणी"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "regnvann"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "reġnwæter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "amana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deszczówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "água da/de chuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doždevája vodá",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дождева́я вода́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uisge-adhair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dažďovica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dažďová voda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "agua de lluvia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agua llovediza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "regnvatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "çàs suu",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "чаъс суу"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doščová vodá",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дощова́ вода́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "word": "nước mưa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "regn-vaser",
      "sense": "water sourced from rain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "רעגן־וואַסער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rainwater"
}

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