rain

pluie

Eau qui tombe des nuages sous forme de petites gouttes.

En anglais simple : Water that falls from clouds in small drops.

• The rain has stopped.
• We walked home in the rain.
• Heavy rains flooded the fields last week.

Synonymes : rainfall

Expressions courantes : heavy rain, in the rain, light rain

pluie

Grande quantité de choses qui tombent ensemble dans l’air.

En anglais simple : A large number of things falling through the air together.

• A rain of stones hit the roof.
• We sheltered from a rain of falling glass.
• The fire sent a rain of sparks over the yard.

Comment l'utiliser : a rain of something (A rain of sparks fell onto the floor.)

Synonymes : shower

Expressions courantes : rain of sparks, rain of bullets, rain of stones

pleuvoir

Se dit quand des gouttes d’eau tombent des nuages.

En anglais simple : When this happens, drops of water fall from clouds.

• It is raining outside.
• It rained all night.
• Will it rain tomorrow?

Comment l'utiliser : it rains (It rains a lot here in winter.)

Expressions courantes : rain heavily, rain all day, rain again, rain hard

faire pleuvoir

Envoyer ou lancer beaucoup de choses rapidement, les unes après les autres.

En anglais simple : To send or deliver many things quickly, one after another.

• The boxer rained blows on his opponent.
• Critics rained insults on the director.
• The soldiers rained bullets on the building.

Comment l'utiliser : rain something on someone/something (The boxer rained punches on his opponent.); rain down something on someone/something (They rained down criticism on the new leader.)

Synonymes : shower

Expressions courantes : rain blows, rain something on someone, rain down something