HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Rainwater | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Dansk regnvand
Deutsch Regenwasser
Ελληνικά βροχόνερο
Suomi sadevesi
Français eaux de pluie
Gàidhlig uisge-adhair
हिन्दी वर्षाजल
Magyar esővíz
Bahasa Indonesia air hujan
Íslenska regnvatn
Italiano acqua piovana
日本語 雨水
한국어 빗물 우수
Македонски дождо́вница
Nederlands regenwater
Polski deszczówka
Português água da/de chuva
Српски kišnica кишница
Svenska regnvatten
Türkçe yağmur suyu
Українська дощова вода

Examples

“In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay.”
“Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See all B2 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See Rainwater used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free