"rain cats and dogs" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˌɹeɪn ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\, \ˌɹeɪn ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\ Audio: En-au-rain cats and dogs.ogg Forms: to rain cats and dogs [infinitive], rains cats and dogs [present, third-person, singular], rained cats and dogs [preterite], rained cats and dogs [participle, past], raining cats and dogs [participle, present]
  1. Pleuvoir à verse, pleuvoir des cordes. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic, impersonal
    Sense id: fr-rain_cats_and_dogs-en-verb-QLHCi7qk Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais, Verbes impersonnels en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bucket [rare], bucket down [rare], chuck it down [rare], rain buckets, pelt [rare], piss down [vulgar], piss it down [vulgar], rain like a cow pissing on a flat rock [vulgar], pour, stream Related terms: rain dogs and cats [rare], teem

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "orig": "anglais",
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      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "D'origine inconnue. Popularisé par Jonathan Swift dans A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation (1738)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to rain cats and dogs",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌɹeɪn ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪn ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rains cats and dogs",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌɹeɪnz ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪnz ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rained cats and dogs",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌɹeɪnd ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪnd ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rained cats and dogs",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌɹeɪnd ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪnd ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raining cats and dogs",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌɹeɪ.nɪŋ ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪ.nɪŋ ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "raw_tags": [
    "se conjugue : → voir la conjugaison de rain"
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "rain dogs and cats"
    },
    {
      "word": "teem"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pleuvoir à verse, pleuvoir des cordes."
      ],
      "id": "fr-rain_cats_and_dogs-en-verb-QLHCi7qk",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic",
        "impersonal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˌɹeɪn ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "En-au-rain cats and dogs.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "bucket"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "bucket down"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "chuck it down"
    },
    {
      "word": "rain buckets"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "pelt"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Drôle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "piss down"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "piss it down"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "rain like a cow pissing on a flat rock"
    },
    {
      "word": "pour"
    },
    {
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        "Plus rare"
      ],
      "word": "stream"
    }
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    "D'origine inconnue. Popularisé par Jonathan Swift dans A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation (1738)."
  ],
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        "\\ˌɹeɪn ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪn ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rains cats and dogs",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌɹeɪnz ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪnz ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
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        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "\\ˌɹeɪnd ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪnd ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rained cats and dogs",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌɹeɪnd ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪnd ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "\\ˌɹeɪ.nɪŋ ˈkæts ənd ˈdɔɡz\\",
        "\\ˌɹeɪ.nɪŋ ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\"
      ],
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        "participle",
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      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "raw_tags": [
    "se conjugue : → voir la conjugaison de rain"
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "rain dogs and cats"
    },
    {
      "word": "teem"
    }
  ],
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        "Verbes impersonnels en anglais"
      ],
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        "Pleuvoir à verse, pleuvoir des cordes."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic",
        "impersonal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "\\ˌɹeɪn ˈkæts ənd ˈdɒɡz\\",
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        "Royaume-Uni"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "bucket"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "bucket down"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "chuck it down"
    },
    {
      "word": "rain buckets"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "pelt"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Drôle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "piss down"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "piss it down"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "rain like a cow pissing on a flat rock"
    },
    {
      "word": "pour"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Plus rare"
      ],
      "word": "stream"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rain cats and dogs"
}

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