Meaning

noun water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

verb precipitate as rain

noun drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

originInherited from Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to…

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