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Definition for: rainbow

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English

Etymology

From Old English reġnboga, from Old High German reganbogo , from OHG regan , rain, + biogo , bow.

Pronunciation

  • rān'bō, /ˈreɪnbəʊ/, /"reInb@U/

Noun

rainbow ( plural: rainbows )

  1. Multicoloured arch in the sky produced by refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
  2. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
  3. An assortment; a varied multitude. Used with of .
  4. ( baseball ) A curveball, particularly a slow curveball

Translations

  • Albanian: ylber m
  • Amharic: ቀስተ፡ደመና (k'ästä dämäna)
  • Amuzgo: kítzú jn'â
  • Arabic: قوس قزح (qaws quzah)
  • Armenian: ծիածան (ciacan)
  • Aymara: kurumi
  • Basque: ostadar, ortzadar
  • Breton: kanevedenn f , gwareg-ar-glav f
  • Bulgarian: дъга
  • Catalan: arc de sant martí m , arc d'iris m
  • Chichewa: utawaleza
  • Chinese: 隮 (jī); 彩虹 (cǎi hóng)
  • Croatian: duga f
  • Czech: duha
  • Danish: regnbue
  • Dutch: regenboog m
  • Esperanto: ĉielarko
  • Finnish: sateenkaari
  • French: arc-en-ciel m
  • Frisian: reinbôge
  • Galician: arco da vella m
  • German: Regenbogen m
  • Gikuyu: műkűnga-mbura
  • Greek: ουράνιο τόξο n (uránio tóxo)
  • Hausa: bàkan gizò m
  • Hawaiian: ānuenue
  • Hebrew: קשת בענן m (keshet be'anan)
  • Hungarian: szivárvány
  • Ido : ciel-arko
  • Indonesian: pelangi, bianglala
  • Interlingua: iris, iride
  • Italian: arcobaleno m , iride f
  • Japanese: 虹 (にじ, niji)
  • Kurdish: keskesor (ku) f . , keskûala (ku) f . , qozeqer (ku) f . , bûka baranê (ku) f .
  • Latin: arcus m
  • Malay: pelangi, benang raja
  • Manx: goal twoaie m , Bhow Ghoree m (poetic)
  • Maori: kahukura, aaheahea, paahoka, uenuku, kairangi, rore, taawhanawhana
  • Mongolian: солонго (solongo)
  • Nahuatl: cozamalotl
  • Nepali: इन्द्रेनी (indreni)
  • Northern Sami: arvedávgi, bajándávgi
  • Norwegian: regnbue
  • Old English: reġnboga
  • Persian: رنگین کمان
  • Polish: tęcza f
  • Portuguese: arco-íris m
  • Quechua: kurmi
  • Romanian: curcubeu n
  • Russian: радуга (raduga)
  • Skolt Sami: teärmmazjohss
  • Slovene: mavrica f
  • Somali: qaanso, jeegaan, caasha carab dheer
  • Spanish: arco iris m
  • Swedish: regnbåge
  • Tahitian: anuanua
  • Tamil: வானவில் (vānavil)
  • Turkish: gökkkuşağı [-nı]
  • Volapük: reinabob
  • Welsh: enfys, bwa'r Drindod, bwa'r arch
  • Yiddish: (regn-boygn) m
  • Yucatec: cheel

Synonyms

Adjective

rainbow ( no comparative or superlative )

  1. Having, or shining with, the colors of the rainbow: iridescent.
  2. Multicoloured.
  3. Special, enigmatic.

Translations

  • Bulgarian: многоцветен m , пъстроцветен m
  • Dutch: regenboogkleurig, iriserend
  • French: iridescent m , iridescente f
  • German: irisierend (iridescent), schillernd or regenbogenlich (having the colors of the rainbow), bunt (multicolor)
  • Interlingua: iridescente
  • Polish: tęczowy m , tęczowa f , tęczowe n,pl
  • Portuguese: iridescente m & f
  • Spanish: irisado m , irisada f , iridiscente m & f

Other Translations for "rainbow"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Coderainbow
Hex72 e1 69 ee e2 6f 77
Pig Latinainbowray

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