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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.
Rita Mae Brown

Meaning of "rainbow" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAINBOW

rainbow  [ˈreɪnˌbəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAINBOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rainbow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAINBOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rainbow

Rainbow

A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by both reflection and refraction of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun. Rainbows can be full circles, however, the average observer sees only an arc, formed by illuminated droplets above the ground. In a "primary rainbow", the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted when entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it. In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, red facing toward the other one, in both rainbows. This second rainbow is caused by light reflecting twice inside water droplets.

Definition of rainbow in the English dictionary

The first definition of rainbow in the dictionary is a bow-shaped display in the sky of the colours of the spectrum, caused by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays through rain or mist. Other definition of rainbow is any similar display of bright colours. Rainbow is also an illusory hope.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAINBOW


angwantibo
æŋˈɡwæntɪˌbəʊ
ASBO
ˈæzˌbəʊ
crossbow
ˈkrɒsˌbəʊ
down-bow
ˈdaʊnˌbəʊ
fogbow
ˈfɒɡˌbəʊ
kybo
ˈkaɪˌbəʊ
longbow
ˈlɒŋˌbəʊ
moonbow
ˈmuːnˌbəʊ
oxbow
ˈɒksˌbəʊ
Paramaribo
ˌpærəˈmærɪˌbəʊ
saddlebow
ˈsædəlˌbəʊ
Sasebo
ˈsɑːsəˌbəʊ
steelbow
ˈstiːlˌbəʊ
sunbow
ˈsʌnˌbəʊ
up-bow
ˈʌpˌbəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAINBOW

rain on someone´s parade
rain or shine
rain shadow
rain shower
rain tree
rainband
rainbird
rainbow bird
Rainbow Bridge
rainbow coalition
rainbow flag
rainbow lorikeet
rainbow nation
rainbow quartz
rainbow trout
rainbow wrasse
rainbowed
rainbowlike
Rainbows
rainbowy

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAINBOW

at one´s elbow
Benbow
bow
brainbow
bulbous bow
Cupid´s bow
dickey bow
dicky bow
elbow
embow
golfer´s elbow
on the port bow
on the starboard bow
out at elbow
sound bow
sybow
take a bow
tennis elbow
white rainbow
wing bow

Synonyms and antonyms of rainbow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rainbow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAINBOW

Find out the translation of rainbow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rainbow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rainbow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

彩虹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arco iris
570 millions of speakers

English

rainbow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इंद्रधनुष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قَوْس قُزَح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

радуга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arco-íris
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রামধনু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arc-en-ciel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelangi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Regenbogen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무지개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelangi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cầu vồng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வானவில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंद्रधनुष्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gökkuşağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arcobaleno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tęcza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

веселка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curcubeu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ουράνιο τόξο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reënboog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

regnbåge
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

regnbue
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rainbow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAINBOW»

The term «rainbow» is very widely used and occupies the 5.187 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAINBOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rainbow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rainbow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rainbow

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10 QUOTES WITH «RAINBOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rainbow.
1
Malin Akerman
In '87, I was about 9 years old, and so at that point I was wearing, like, fluorescent green T-shirts and acid-wash jeans and leg warmers, and my hair was in a ponytail with a scrunchie and I had the teased bangs that were up in a rainbow shape. It was crazy.
2
Maya Angelou
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
3
Maya Angelou
The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.
4
Randy Bachman
When one knows at an early age that their gift, talent and direction is musical, one tends to focus on that and let nothing interfere or impede the forward motion toward the end of that rainbow. And after 50-something years of rockin' out, you still realise there is no end to that distant rainbow until one's last sunset.
5
James M. Barrie
Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
6
Peter S. Beagle
The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.
7
Karen Black
There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
8
Bono
Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics.
9
Robert Bridges
I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.
10
Rita Mae Brown
Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAINBOW»

Discover the use of rainbow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rainbow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rainbow
With this translation of the 1929 novel "Rainbow"("Hong"), one of China's most influential works of fiction is at last available in English.
Dun Mao, 1992
2
The Rainbow
In 1915, Lawrence's frank representation of sexuality in The Rainbow caused a furore and the novel was seized by the police and banned almost as soon as it was published.
D. H. Lawrence, 2004
3
The Serpent and the Rainbow
In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti—from the African origins of its people to the successful Haitian independence movement, down to the present day, where vodoun ...
Wade Davis, 2010
4
Rainbow Boys
In a revealing debut novel that percolates with passion and wit, Alex Sanchez follows these very different high-school seniors as their struggles with sexuality and intolerance draw them into a triangle of love, betrayal, and ultimately, ...
Alex Sanchez, 2011
5
Rainbow Six
This is Clancy at his best--and there is none better.
Tom Clancy, 1999
6
Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in ...
""Evolution's Rainbow "is an expansively creative challenge to the modern orthodoxies of sexual selection. Roughgarden's intellectual generosity may jump-start the careers of a new generation of diversity-affirming Darwinian scientists.
Joan Roughgarden, 2004
7
Rainbow
Join Grace on her journey to the other side of the rainbow as she learns to look below the surface and to make important choices, in this whimsical and wayward tale that explores the gift of wonder, the power of selfless love to make ...
Michael Tolkien, 2013
8
Planting a Rainbow
Lois Ehlert's bold collage illustrations include six pages that present all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.
Lois Ehlert, 2013
9
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite ...
This is the book Richard Dawkins was meant to write: a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isn't), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting.
Richard Dawkins, 2000
10
For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide/When the ...
A tie-in edition to the film adaptation of the 1975 classic is a passionate treatise on the black female experience in 20th-century America that includes the complete text, behind-the-scenes stage directions and two new poems.
Ntozake Shange, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAINBOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rainbow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Netflix streaming strategy for August: replace great movies with …
... Unbreakable, Driving Miss Daisy, The Fifth Element, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and more, and in their place, we get The Hurt Locker, Reading Rainbow volume 1, ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
2
WaPo Op-Ed: Rainbow Flag Profile Pics Offensive to Gay People
Are you a straight person who changed your Facebook profile picture to the rainbow flag in the wake of the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling? Well you're ... «Mediaite, Jul 15»
3
Facebook rolls out rainbow photo filter to celebrate Pride
The "Celebrate Pride" tool lets users place a rainbow filter over their default profile photo. Facebook rolled out the new tool to help celebrate Pride and the U.S. ... «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
4
Here's Where the Rainbow Flag Came From
Caption: Carlos McKnight, from Washington, D.C., waves a rainbow colored flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, June 26, ... «Wired, Jun 15»
5
Rainbow crosswalks come to Philadelphia
At the intersection of 13th and Locust streets, Philadelphia's brand-new rainbow crosswalks in support of the LGBT community are being received positively by ... «Philly.com, Jun 15»
6
E3 2015: Rainbow 6 Siege Beta Code Giveaway and Sweepstakes
By IGN StaffAre you ready to take part in the siege? Come join IGN and Ubisoft for the Rainbow Six Siege Closed Beta event and put your wits and combat skills ... «IGN, Jun 15»
7
Rainbow Six Siege release date announced
The Division may be being held back, but Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is free to breach 'n clear your PC from October 13. That's when the ... «PC Gamer, May 15»
8
Is it legit? Rare quadruple rainbow photo goes viral
While waiting for her train this morning at the Glen Cove train station in Long Island, NY, Amanda Curtis grabbed her phone and snapped a photo of an ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
9
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse review
All of the essential play in Rainbow Curse is relegated to the GamePad's touch screen. The action is mirrored on your TV, and its claymation stylings look ... «Digital Trends, Feb 15»
10
LeVar Burton from 'Reading Rainbow' reads 'Go the F**k to Sleep'
LeVar Burton, fresh from orchestrating one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns ever, once again has his nose in a book. This time it's Adam ... «Today.com, Oct 14»

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