rainwater

See also: rain water

English

Alternative forms

rain water

Etymology

From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain +‎ water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten.

Noun

rainwater (usually uncountable, plural rainwaters)

Rainfall.
Water (for a house etc) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

Translations

rainfall — see rainfall

water sourced from rain

Arabic: مِيَاه اَلْأَمْطَار m pl (miyāh al-ʔamṭār)
Bulgarian: дъждовна вода f (dǎždovna voda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雨水 (zh) (yǔshuǐ)
Czech: dešťovka (cs) f, dešťová voda f
Danish: regnvand (da) n
Dutch: regenwater (nl) n
Finnish: sadevesi (fi)
French: eaux de pluie f pl
Galician: auga de choiva f
German: Regenwasser (de) n
Hungarian: esővíz (hu)
Icelandic: regnvatn (is) n
Italian: acqua piovana f
Japanese: 雨水 (ja) (あまみず, amamizu), 雨水 (ja) (usui)
Korean: 빗물 (ko) (binmul), 우수 (ko) (usu)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Lü: ᦓᧄᧉᦚᦳᧃ (nam²ḟun)
Macedonian: дождовница f (doždovnica)
Maori: wai ua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: regnvann n
Old English: reġnwæter n
Polish: deszczówka (pl) f
Portuguese: água da/de chuva f
Russian: дождева́я вода́ f (doždevája vodá)
Scottish Gaelic: uisge-adhair m
Slovak: dažďovica f, dažďová voda f
Spanish: agua de lluvia, agua llovediza f
Swedish: regnvatten (sv) n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tuvan: чаъс суу (çàs suu)
Ukrainian: дощова́ вода́ f (doščová vodá)
Vietnamese: nước mưa
Yiddish: רעגן־וואַסער n (regn-vaser)

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