Meanings
plural raindrops
- A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
1969, Hal David (lyricist), “Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head”.
1 more example
It is all so fine and orderly that it would seem that not only had the clouds and streams been kept harmoniously busy in the making of it, but that every raindrop sent like a bullet to a mark had been the subject of a separate thought, so sure is the outcome of beauty through the stormy centuries.
1902, John Muir, The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*regnadrupô
- Old Englishreġndropa
- Middle Englishrein-drope
- Englishraindrop
From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English reġndropa, from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain + drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, West Frisian reindrip, Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel, German Low German Regendrüpp, German Regentropfen, Swedish regndroppe, Icelandic regndropi.
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Arabic قَطْرَةُ مَطَر
- قَطْرَةُ مَطَر (qaṭratu maṭar)droplet of rainwater
Bulgarian дъждо́вна ка́пка
- дъждо́вна ка́пка (dăždóvna kápka)droplet of rainwater
Catalan gota d'aigua
- gota d'aiguadroplet of rainwater
Chinese Mandarin 雨滴, 雨點 /雨点
- 雨滴 (yǔdī)droplet of rainwater
- 雨點 /雨点 (yǔdiǎn)droplet of rainwater
Danish regndråbe
- regndråbedroplet of rainwater
Dutch regendruppel
- regendruppeldroplet of rainwater
Esperanto pluvero
- pluverodroplet of rainwater
Estonian vihmapiisk
- vihmapiiskdroplet of rainwater
Finnish sadepisara
- sadepisaradroplet of rainwater
French goutte de pluie
- goutte de pluiedroplet of rainwater
German Regentropfen
- Regentropfendroplet of rainwater
Greek στάλα
- στάλα (stála)droplet of rainwater
Hebrew טיפת גשם
- טיפת גשם (tipát géshem)droplet of rainwater
Hungarian esőcsepp
- esőcseppdroplet of rainwater
Icelandic regndropi
- regndropidroplet of rainwater
Indonesian titik hujan, tetes hujan
- titik hujandroplet of rainwater
- tetes hujandroplet of rainwater
Japanese 雨滴, 雨垂れ
- 雨滴 (uteki)droplet of rainwater
- 雨垂れ (amadare)droplet of rainwater
- 雨粒 (amatsubu)droplet of rainwater
Korean 빗방울
- 빗방울 (bitbang'ul)droplet of rainwater
Latvian lietus lāse
- lietus lāsedroplet of rainwater
Lithuanian lietaus lašas
- lietaus lašasdroplet of rainwater
Norwegian Bokmål regndråpe
- regndråpedroplet of rainwater
Persian قطرهٔ باران
- قطرهٔ باران (qatre-ye bârân)droplet of rainwater
Polish kropla deszczu
- kropla deszczudroplet of rainwater
Portuguese pinga, pingo
- pingadroplet of rainwater
- pingodroplet of rainwater
Romanian picătură de ploaie
- picătură de ploaiedroplet of rainwater
Russian дождева́я ка́пля, ка́пля дождя́
- дождева́я ка́пля (doždevája káplja)droplet of rainwater
- ка́пля дождя́ (káplja doždjá)droplet of rainwater
- дожди́нка (doždínka)droplet of rainwater
Scottish Gaelic boinne uisge
- boinne uisgedroplet of rainwater
Slovak kvapka dažďa, dažďová kvapka
- kvapka dažďadroplet of rainwater
- dažďová kvapkadroplet of rainwater
Spanish gota de lluvia
- gota de lluviadroplet of rainwater
Swedish regndroppe
- regndroppedroplet of rainwater
Tagalog patak-ulan
- patak-ulandroplet of rainwater
Tamil மழைத்துளி
- மழைத்துளி (maḻaittuḷi)droplet of rainwater
Thai เม็ดฝน, หยาดฝน
- เม็ดฝนdroplet of rainwater
- หยาดฝนdroplet of rainwater
- หยดฝนdroplet of rainwater
Turkish yağmur damlası
- yağmur damlasıdroplet of rainwater
Ukrainian дощова́ кра́пля, кра́пля дощу́
- дощова́ кра́пля (doščová kráplja)droplet of rainwater
- кра́пля дощу́ (kráplja doščú)droplet of rainwater
Vietnamese giọt mưa
- giọt mưadroplet of rainwater
Welsh diferion glaw
- diferion glawdroplet of rainwater
Yiddish ריינדראַפּ
- ריינדראַפּ (reyndrap)droplet of rainwater
Cite this entry
raindrop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raindrop
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