rainwater

See also: rain water

English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. Rainfall.
  2. 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
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