Meanings
nounrainy season (plural rainy seasons)
plural rainy seasons
- The portion of the year during which the most rain falls.
If the tourist wishes to avoid the clouds of dust that rise on the great plateau of Mexico, he should travel in the rainy season, i. e., June to September.
1884, Alfred Ronald Conkling, Appleton's Guide to Mexico, page 3Synonyms: monsoon, monsoon season, rains, wet season
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe portion of the year during which the most rain falls.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nounone of the two seasons in tropical climates, a yearly period during which most of a country's rainfall occurs
Opposite
Broader
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Translations
Bulgarian дъждо́вен сезо́н
- дъждо́вен сезо́н (dăždóven sezón)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Chinese Mandarin 雨季, 梅雨
- 雨季 (yǔjì)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- 梅雨 (méiyǔ)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- 雨期 (yǔqī)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Czech období dešťů
- období dešťůportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Danish regntid
- regntidportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Dutch regentijd, regenseizoen
- regentijdportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- regenseizoenportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Finnish sadekausi
- sadekausiportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
French saison des pluies
- saison des pluiesportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
German Regenzeit
- Regenzeitportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Hindi वर्षा ऋतु
- वर्षा ऋतु (varṣā ŕtu)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Indonesian musim hujan
- musim hujanportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Italian stagione delle piogge, stagione umida
- stagione delle pioggeportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- stagione umidaportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Japanese 雨季, 雨期
- 雨季 (uki)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- 雨期 (uki)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- 梅雨portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Korean 우기, 우계
- 우기 (ugi)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- 우계 (ugye)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- 매우 (mae'u)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- 장마 (jangma)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Latvian lietus periods, lietainais gadalaiks
- lietus periodsportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- lietainais gadalaiksportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Malay musim hujan, tengkujuh
- musim hujanportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- tengkujuhportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Māori kaupeka uanui
- kaupeka uanuiportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Norwegian Bokmål regntid
- regntidportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Polish pora deszczowa
- pora deszczowaportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Portuguese estação chuvosa
- estação chuvosaportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Punjabi ਬਰਸਾਤ
- ਬਰਸਾਤ (barsāt)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Russian сезо́н дожде́й, дождли́вый сезо́н
- сезо́н дожде́й (sezón doždéj)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- дождли́вый сезо́н (doždlívyj sezón)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Spanish estación lluviosa
- estación lluviosaportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Swahili majira ya mvua, msimu wa mvua
- majira ya mvuaportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- msimu wa mvuaportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Swedish regntid, regnperiod
- regntidportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- regnperiodportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Tagalog tag-ulan
- tag-ulanportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Tamil மாரிகாலம்
- மாரிகாலம் (mārikālam)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Thai ฤดูฝน, หน้าฝน
- ฤดูฝน (rʉ́-duu-fǒn)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
- หน้าฝน (nâa-fǒn)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Turkish yağmur mevsimi
- yağmur mevsimiportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Vietnamese mùa mưa
- mùa mưaportion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Yiddish רעגנצײַט
- רעגנצײַט (regntsayt)portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest
Cite this entry
APA
rainy season. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainy%20season
MLA
“rainy season.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainy%20season. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rainy season,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainy%20season.
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