rainwear

rain·wear

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [reyn-wair]
- /ˈreɪnˌwɛər/
- /ˈreɪnwɛə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [reyn-wair]
- /ˈreɪnˌwɛər/

Definitions of rainwear word

noun rainwear waterproof or water-repellent clothing. 1
noun rainwear waterproof clothes designed to be worn when it is raining 0
noun rainwear rainproof clothing 0

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Origin of rainwear

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55; rain + wear

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Rainwear

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Rainwear

rainwear popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

rainwear usage trend in Literature

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