rainwater
See also: rain water
English
Alternative forms
- rain water
Etymology
From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter (“rainwater”), equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with Dutch regenwater (“rainwater”), German Regenwasser (“rainwater”), Swedish regnvatten (“rainwater”).
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
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