Meanings
plural rain clouds · alternative raincloud
- A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.
1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 2141 more example
During this fine run through Fife the weather had deteriorated rapidly, and as we passed Wormit and came onto the Tay Bridge heavy rain clouds were piled over the sea.
1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7Synonyms: nimbus, nimbostratus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
More synonyms by meaning
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Translations
Arabic مُزْنَة
- مُزْنَة (muzna)cloud from which rain is falling
Bulgarian дъждовен облак
- дъждовен облак (dăždoven oblak)cloud from which rain is falling
Catalan nimbus, núvol plugisser
- nimbuscloud from which rain is falling
- núvol plugissercloud from which rain is falling
Chinese Mandarin 雨雲 /雨云
- 雨雲 /雨云 (yǔyún)cloud from which rain is falling
Danish regnsky
- regnskycloud from which rain is falling
Dutch regenwolk, nimbuswolk
- regenwolkcloud from which rain is falling
- nimbuswolkcloud from which rain is falling
Esperanto pluvnubo
- pluvnubocloud from which rain is falling
Finnish sadepilvi
- sadepilvicloud from which rain is falling
French nimbus
- nimbuscloud from which rain is falling
German Regenwolke, Nimbus
- Regenwolkecloud from which rain is falling
- Nimbuscloud from which rain is falling
- Schleierwolkecloud from which rain is falling
Hungarian esőfelhő, nimbusz
- esőfelhőcloud from which rain is falling
- nimbuszcloud from which rain is falling
- nimbuszfelhőcloud from which rain is falling
Icelandic regnský, úrkomuský
- regnskýcloud from which rain is falling
- úrkomuskýcloud from which rain is falling
- regnþykknicloud from which rain is falling
Indonesian mendung, awan hitam
- mendungcloud from which rain is falling
- awan hitamcloud from which rain is falling
Irish scamall báistí
- scamall báistícloud from which rain is falling
Italian nuvola, nube
- nuvolacloud from which rain is falling
- nubecloud from which rain is falling
- nembocloud from which rain is falling
Japanese 雨雲
- 雨雲 (amagumo)cloud from which rain is falling
Korean 비구름
- 비구름 (bigureum)cloud from which rain is falling
Latin nimbus
- nimbuscloud from which rain is falling
Māori okewa
- okewacloud from which rain is falling
Norwegian Bokmål regnsky
- regnskycloud from which rain is falling
Persian مزنه
- مزنه (mozne)cloud from which rain is falling
Polish chmura deszczowa
- chmura deszczowacloud from which rain is falling
Portuguese nimbo
- nimbocloud from which rain is falling
Russian дождевая ту́ча, дождево́е о́блако
- дождевая ту́ча (doždevaja túča)cloud from which rain is falling
- дождево́е о́блако (doždevóje óblako)cloud from which rain is falling
Spanish nimbo
- nimbocloud from which rain is falling
Swedish regnmoln
- regnmolncloud from which rain is falling
Tagalog dagim
- dagimcloud from which rain is falling
Tamil கார்மேகம், மழை மேகம்
- கார்மேகம் (kārmēkam)cloud from which rain is falling
- மழை மேகம் (maḻai mēkam)cloud from which rain is falling
Turkish yağmur bulutu
- yağmur bulutucloud from which rain is falling
Vietnamese mây mưa
- mây mưacloud from which rain is falling
Cite this entry
rain cloud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20cloud
“rain cloud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20cloud. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rain cloud,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20cloud.
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