"rain" meaning in French

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Noun

Forms: rains [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French rain, from Old Dutch *rein, *rēn, from Proto-West Germanic *rain (“raised land, baulk, ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *rainaz, *rainō (“baulk, ridge”). Cognate with Dutch reen, rein, German Rain, English rean. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|rain}} Middle French rain, {{der|fr|odt|*rein}} Old Dutch *rein, {{der|fr|gmw-pro|*rain|t=raised land, baulk, ridge}} Proto-West Germanic *rain (“raised land, baulk, ridge”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*rainaz}} Proto-Germanic *rainaz, {{cog|nl|reen}} Dutch reen, {{cog|de|Rain}} German Rain, {{cog|en|rean}} English rean Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} rain m (plural rains)
  1. (geography) a raised border on a field or forest that serves as a boundary Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Geography
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