rainfall

English

Etymology

Fromrain+‎fall.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rainfall(countableanduncountable,pluralrainfalls)

1. (meteorology)Theamountofrainthat falls on a single occasion
2. The occurrence ofliquidprecipitation,the fall of rain.

Derived terms

Terms derived fromrainfall

• effective rainfall
• excess rainfall
• excessive rainfall
• initial rainfall
• inversion of rainfall
• orographic rainfall
• point rainfall
• rainfall component
• rainfall distribution
• rainfall duration
• rainfall effectiveness
• rainfall excess
• rainfall frequency
• rainfall intensity
• rainfall intensity area curve
• rainfall intensity-duration curve
• rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve
• rainfall intensity frequency
• rainfall intensity pattern
• rainfall intensity return period
• rainfall loss
• rainfall rate
• rainfall regime
• rainfall station
• rate-of-rainfall gauge
• residual rainfall
• Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Translations

meteorology: amount of rain

• Afrikaans:reënval
• Bulgarian:вале́жm(valéž)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Vũ lượng(zh)(yǔliàng),Hàng vũ lượng(zh)(jiàngyǔliàng)

• Dutch:neerslag(nl)m,regenval(nl)m
• Finnish:sademäärä(fi),sadanta(fi)
• French:précipitations(fr)f
• German:Niederschlag(de)m,Niederschlagshöhef,Niederschlagsmenge(de)f,Regenfall(de)m
• Indonesian:please add this translation if you can
• Italian:acquazzone(it)m,rovescio(it)m
• Japanese:Hàng vũ lượng(こううりょう, kōuryō),Vũ lượng(ja)(うりょう, uryō)
• Kannada:ಪರ್ಜನ್ಯ(kn)(parjanya),ಮಳೆಸುರಿತ(kn)(maḷesurita),ಮಳೆಯಳತೆ(kn)(maḷeyaḷate)
• Latvian:nokrišņu daudzums
• Lithuanian:kritulių kiekis
• Macedonian:вр́нежm(vŕnež)
• Malay:please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:nedbør(no)m

• Portuguese:precipitação(pt)
• Russian:коли́чествооса́дковn(kolíčestvo osádkov),дождь(ru)m(doždʹ),оса́дки(ru)mpl(osádki),ли́вень(ru)m(lívenʹ)(heavy rainfall)
• Scottish Gaelic:uisge-adhair
• Spanish:precipitación(es)f
• Swedish:nederbörd(sv)c,regn(sv)n
• Telugu:వర్షపాతము(varṣapātamu)
• Thai:please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan:ཆར་བབས(char babs)
• Vietnamese:lượng mưa
• Welsh:glawiadm

meteorology: occasion of raining

• Finnish:sade(fi),vesisade(fi)

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