Meanings
nounrainfall (countable and uncountable, plural rainfalls)
plural rainfalls
- countableuncountableThe occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwater falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
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Afrikaans reënval
- reënvalmeteorology: amount of rain
Bulgarian вале́ж
- вале́ж (valéž)meteorology: amount of rain
Catalan pluviositat
- pluviositatmeteorology: amount of rain
Chinese Mandarin 雨量, 降雨量
- 雨量 (yǔliàng)meteorology: amount of rain
- 降雨量 (jiàngyǔliàng)meteorology: amount of rain
Dutch neerslag, regenval
- neerslagmeteorology: amount of rain
- regenvalmeteorology: amount of rain
Finnish sademäärä, sadanta
- sademäärämeteorology: amount of rain
- sadantameteorology: amount of rain
- sademeteorology: occasion of raining
- vesisademeteorology: occasion of raining
French précipitations, pluviosité
- précipitationsmeteorology: amount of rain
- pluviositémeteorology: amount of rain
German Niederschlag, Niederschlagshöhe
- Niederschlagmeteorology: amount of rain
- Niederschlagshöhemeteorology: amount of rain
- Niederschlagsmengemeteorology: amount of rain
- Regenfallmeteorology: amount of rain
- Niederschlagmeteorology: occasion of raining
Greek βροχόπτωση, βροχόπτωση
- βροχόπτωση (vrochóptosi)meteorology: amount of rain
- βροχόπτωση (vrochóptosi)meteorology: occasion of raining
Hindi वर्षा
- वर्षा (varṣā)meteorology: amount of rain
Icelandic regnmagn, úrkomumagn
- regnmagnmeteorology: amount of rain
- úrkomumagnmeteorology: amount of rain
Italian acquazzone, rovescio
- acquazzonemeteorology: amount of rain
- rovesciometeorology: amount of rain
Japanese 降雨量, 雨量
- 降雨量 (kōuryō)meteorology: amount of rain
- 雨量 (uryō)meteorology: amount of rain
Latvian nokrišņu daudzums
- nokrišņu daudzumsmeteorology: amount of rain
Lithuanian kritulių kiekis
- kritulių kiekismeteorology: amount of rain
Norwegian Bokmål nedbør
- nedbørmeteorology: amount of rain
Polish opady deszczu, deszcz
- opady deszczumeteorology: amount of rain
- deszczmeteorology: occasion of raining
Portuguese precipitação
- precipitaçãometeorology: amount of rain
Russian коли́чество оса́дков, дождь
- коли́чество оса́дков (kolíčestvo osádkov)meteorology: amount of rain
- дождь (doždʹ)meteorology: amount of rain
- оса́дки (osádki)meteorology: amount of rain
- ли́вень (lívenʹ)meteorology: amount of rain
Scottish Gaelic uisge-adhair
- uisge-adhairmeteorology: amount of rain
Spanish cantidad pluvial, cuantía lluvial
- cantidad pluvialmeteorology: amount of rain
- cuantía lluvialmeteorology: amount of rain
- pluviosidadmeteorology: amount of rain
Swedish nederbörd, regn
- nederbördmeteorology: amount of rain
- regnmeteorology: amount of rain
Vietnamese lượng mưa
- lượng mưameteorology: amount of rain
Welsh glawiad
- glawiadmeteorology: amount of rain
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Cite this entry
APA
rainfall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainfall
MLA
“rainfall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainfall. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rainfall,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainfall.
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