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rain

Pronunciation: /ʁɛ̃/

“rain” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a raised border on a field or forest that serves as a boundary

In French

  1. Lisière d’un bois, d’une forêt.
  2. Versant raide, généralement boisé.
  3. Arbre dépouillé de ses feuilles.
  4. Rameau.

Etymology

From Middle French rain, from Old Dutch *rein, *rēn, from Proto-West Germanic *rain (“raised land, baulk, ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *rainaz, *rainō (“baulk, ridge”). Cognate with Dutch reen, rein, German Rain, English rean.

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