Meanings
plural downpours
- A heavy fall of rain.
They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.
1 more example
I left Inverness on a Saturday afternoon in July in a steady downpour of rain.
1951 January, H. A. Vallance, “Kyle of Lochalsh Revisited”, in Railway Magazine, page 14Synonyms: cloudburst, plash, pourdown, rainstorm
present singular third person downpours · participle present downpouring · participle past downpoured · past downpoured
- intransitiveTo pour down; rain heavily.
It started to downpour, so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.
2002, Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 2111 more example
Bank-notes fluttered down and lay about in all directions, relays of sovereigns rolled away like so much dross, bonds and scrip for thousands and tens of thousands clogged the downpouring stream of jewellery and unset gems.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA heavy fall of rain.
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ὄμβρος
- ὄμβρος (ómbros)heavy fall of rain
Arabic وَابِل, مَطَر غَزِير
- وَابِل (wābil)heavy fall of rain
- مَطَر غَزِير (maṭar ḡazīr)heavy fall of rain
- شُؤْبُوب (šuʔbūb)heavy fall of rain
- هُطُول (huṭūl)heavy fall of rain
Bulgarian поро́й, поро́ен дъжд
- поро́й (porój)heavy fall of rain
- поро́ен дъжд (poróen dăžd)heavy fall of rain
Catalan xàfec
- xàfecheavy fall of rain
Chinese Mandarin 大雨, 傾盆大雨 /倾盆大雨
- 大雨 (dàyǔ)heavy fall of rain
- 傾盆大雨 /倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ)heavy fall of rain
- 瓢潑大雨 /瓢泼大雨 (piáopōdàyǔ)heavy fall of rain
Czech liják
- lijákheavy fall of rain
Danish regnskyl, øsregn
- regnskylheavy fall of rain
- øsregnheavy fall of rain
- styrtregnheavy fall of rain
Dutch wolkbreuk
- wolkbreukheavy fall of rain
Esperanto ŝaŭro
- ŝaŭroheavy fall of rain
Finnish kaatosade, rankkasade
- kaatosadeheavy fall of rain
- rankkasadeheavy fall of rain
French trombe, averse
- trombeheavy fall of rain
- averseheavy fall of rain
- pleuvoir à verserain heavily
German Regenguss, Platzregen
- Regengussheavy fall of rain
- Platzregenheavy fall of rain
- Wolkenbruchheavy fall of rain
Greek νεροποντή
- νεροποντή (neropontí)heavy fall of rain
Hungarian zivatar, felhőszakadás
- zivatarheavy fall of rain
- felhőszakadásheavy fall of rain
- záporheavy fall of rain
Indonesian hujan lebat
- hujan lebatheavy fall of rain
Irish duartan
- duartanheavy fall of rain
Italian acquazzone, diluvio
- acquazzoneheavy fall of rain
- diluvioheavy fall of rain
- temporaleheavy fall of rain
- rovescioheavy fall of rain
- nubifragioheavy fall of rain
- diluviarerain heavily
Japanese 大雨, 土砂降り
- 大雨 (ōame)heavy fall of rain
- 土砂降り (doshaburi)heavy fall of rain
Korean 폭우, 큰 비
- 폭우 (pogu)heavy fall of rain
- 큰 비 (keun bi)heavy fall of rain
- 호우 (hou)heavy fall of rain
Malay hujan lebat
- hujan lebatheavy fall of rain
Māori patapataiāwhā
- patapataiāwhāheavy fall of rain
Norwegian Bokmål regnskyll, øsregn
- regnskyllheavy fall of rain
- øsregnheavy fall of rain
Polish ulewa, lać
- ulewaheavy fall of rain
- laćrain heavily
Portuguese temporal, toró
- temporalheavy fall of rain
- toróheavy fall of rain
- chuvadaheavy fall of rain
- aguaceiroheavy fall of rain
Romanian aversă, ploaie torențială
- aversăheavy fall of rain
- ploaie torențialăheavy fall of rain
Russian ли́вень, проливно́й дождь
- ли́вень (lívenʹ)heavy fall of rain
- проливно́й дождь (prolivnój doždʹ)heavy fall of rain
Slovak lejak
- lejakheavy fall of rain
Spanish chaparrón, aguacero
- chaparrónheavy fall of rain
- aguaceroheavy fall of rain
- chubascoheavy fall of rain
- palo de aguaheavy fall of rain
- jarreoheavy fall of rain
- jarrearrain heavily
Swedish ösregn
- ösregnheavy fall of rain
Turkish sağanak
- sağanakheavy fall of rain
Ukrainian зли́ва, ли́вень
- зли́ва (zlýva)heavy fall of rain
- ли́вень (lývenʹ)heavy fall of rain
- зали́ва (zalýva)heavy fall of rain
- про́ливень (prólyvenʹ)heavy fall of rain
- хлю́ща (xljúšča)heavy fall of rain
Vietnamese mưa rào
- mưa ràoheavy fall of rain
Welsh curlaw, tywalltiad
- curlawheavy fall of rain
- tywalltiadheavy fall of rain
Yiddish שלאַקסרעגן
- שלאַקסרעגן (shlaksregn)heavy fall of rain
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downpour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downpour
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