April shower

noun

A sporadic burst of light rain in the spring season, especially in the month of April.

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Meanings

nounApril shower (plural April showers)

plural April showers

  1. IrelandUKA sporadic burst of light rain in the spring season, especially in the month of April.

    Holsom as the Aprile shower fallying on the herbes newe.

    c. 1430, John Lydgate, Reason and Sensuality
    1 more example

    That pleaſing Shade they ſought, a ſoft retreat / From ſudden April Show'rs, a Shelter from the Heat.

    1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 395

Translations

French giboulée de mars
  • giboulée de marsrain characteristic of spring
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APA

April shower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/April%20shower

MLA

“April shower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/April%20shower. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “April shower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/April%20shower.

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