rain cloud

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.

Equivalents

Españolnimbo

Françaisnimbus

DeutschNimbus Regenwolke Schleierwolke

31 more languages

العربيةمزن مُزْنَة

བོད་སྐད།ཆར་སྤྲིན

Bosanskinimbus туча

Catalànimbus

Esperantopluvnubo

فارسیمزنه

Hrvatskinimbus туча

Magyaresőfelhő

Bahasa Indonesiamendung

Íslenskaregnþykkni úrkomuský

Italianonembo nube nuvola

日本語雨雲

ქართულისაწვიმარი ღრუბელი

한국어비구름

Latinanimbus

LëtzebuergeschReewollek

Latviešutūce

Македонскидождовен облак

မြန်မာမိုးတိမ်တိုက်မိုးသား

Nederlandsnimbuswolk regenwolk

Portuguêsnimbo

Русскийдождевая ту́ча дождево́е о́блако

Српскиnimbus туча

Svenskaregnmoln

தமிழ்கார்மேகம்

Tagalogdagim

Türkçeyağmur bulutu

Українськатуча

Tiếng Việtmây mưa

Examples

“Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet ⟳ asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.”

“During this fine run ⟳ through Fife the weather had deteriorated rapidly, and as we passed Wormit and came onto the Tay Bridge heavy rain ⟳ clouds were piled over the sea.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

rain collar rain crow rain dance rain day rain delay rain doctor

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