What does rainbow mean?
Definitions for rainbow
ˈreɪnˌboʊrain·bow
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word rainbow.
Princeton's WordNet
rainbownoun
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
rainbownoun
an illusory hope
"chasing rainbows"
Wiktionary
rainbownoun
A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbownoun
Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbownoun
A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
a rainbow of possibilities
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbownoun
An illusion, mirage
Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbownoun
A curveball, particularly a slow one
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbownoun
In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbowverb
To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow.
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbowadjective
Multicoloured.
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbowadjective
Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbowadjective
LGBT.
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
rainbowadjective
Composed entirely of different suits.
Etymology: From regnboga, formed as regn + boga. Cognate with Old High German reginbogo, Icelandic regnbogi and Old Norse regnbogi.
Wikipedia
Rainbow
A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun. Rainbows can be full circles. However, the observer normally sees only an arc formed by illuminated droplets above the ground, and centered on a line from the sun to the observer's eye. 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, with red on the inner side of the arc. This is caused by the light being reflected twice on the inside of the droplet before leaving it.
Webster Dictionary
Rainbownoun
a bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain
Etymology: [AS. regenboga, akin to G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
Freebase
Rainbow
A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection of light in water droplets in the Earth's atmosphere, 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. 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 while 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.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
rainbow
"A rainbow towards night, Fair weather in sight. Rainbow at night, Sailor's delight; Rainbow in morning, Sailors, take warning."
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rainbow' in Nouns Frequency: #2953
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rainbow in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rainbow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of rainbow in a Sentence
When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.
In the end, the film is about seeing past anyone's surface and looking on the inside. It's not only about learning to love someone else, but it's about learning to love yourself -- and that's deeply human, and we all feel that no matter who we are or who we love. like all great Disney films and all great movie musicals, it's in glorious technicolor and it really embraces all colors of the rainbow.
We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that.
If you see a rainbow, shout it out, point it out, stop the ceremony, do what you got to do, because that will be our 49 saying( present).
With central government's support and the Hong Kong People's unity, we will certainly triumph over this pandemic. After the storm we will see a rainbow again.
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Translations for rainbow
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- reënboogAfrikaans
- ቀስተ ደመናAmharic
- قوس قزحArabic
- нурAvaric
- kurumiAymara
- göy qurşağıAzerbaijani
- йәйғорBashkir
- вясёлкаBelarusian
- дъгаBulgarian
- রংধনুBengali
- འཇའTibetan Standard
- kanevedenn, gwareg-ar-glavBreton
- arc de Sant Martí, arc irisCatalan, Valencian
- duhaCzech
- bwa'r Drindod, bwa'r arch, enfysWelsh
- regnbueDanish
- Regenbogen, vielfarbig, buntGerman
- ουράνιο τόξοGreek
- ĉielarko, multkolora, gamoEsperanto
- arco irisSpanish
- vikerkaarEstonian
- ortzadar, ostadarBasque
- قوس و قزح, رنگینکمان, رنگين كمانPersian
- monivärinen, kirjo, spektri, sateenkaariFinnish
- ælabogiFaroese
- arc-en-ciel, arc-en-French
- reinbôgeWestern Frisian
- bogha báistí, tuar ceathaIrish
- bogha-froisScottish Gaelic
- arco da vellaGalician
- jýiva, jýiGuaraní
- Bhow Ghoree, goal twoaieManx
- bàkan gizòHausa
- קשת בענןHebrew
- इंद्रधनुष, धनुष, इन्द्रधनुषHindi
- szivárványHungarian
- ծիածանArmenian
- iride, irisInterlingua
- pelangi, bianglalaIndonesian
- pluvarko, cielarkoIdo
- njólubaugur, regnbogi, friðarbogiIcelandic
- arcobaleno, irideItalian
- קשת בענןHebrew
- 虹, 多彩, 色々, 多色Japanese
- ცისარტყელაGeorgian
- műkűnga-mburaKikuyu, Gikuyu
- кемпірқосақKazakh
- ឥន្ទធនូKhmer
- ಇಂದ್ರಚಾಪ, ಮಳೆಬಿಲ್ಲು, ಇಂದ್ರಧನುಸ್ಸು, ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲುKannada
- 무지개Korean
- bûka baranê, keskesor, keskûala, qozeqerKurdish
- жаа, көк желеKyrgyz
- arcus, irisLatin
- ReebouLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສາຍຮຸ້ງLao
- vaivorykštėLithuanian
- varavīksne, dardedzeLatvian
- antsiben’andriamànitra, àvanaMalagasy
- uenuku, taawhanawhana, paahoka, rore, aaheahea, kairangi, āniwaniwa, kahukuraMāori
- виножито, лепеза, ѕуница, божилакMacedonian
- മഴവില്ല്, ഇന്ദ്രധനുസ്Malayalam
- солонгоMongolian
- इंद्रधनुष्यMarathi
- ular mengiang, bangun-bangun, ganu, ular danu, pelangi, kuwung, bianglala, teja, benang rajaMalay
- qawsallaMaltese
- သက်တံBurmese
- regnbue, regnbogeNorwegian
- इन्द्रेनीNepali
- bont, prisma, gamma, regenboog, meerkleurig, veelkleurigDutch
- regnbogeNorwegian Nynorsk
- regnbueNorwegian
- náátsʼíílidNavajo, Navaho
- utawalezaChichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- nagweyaabOjibwe, Ojibwa
- tęcza, tęczowy, wachlarzPolish
- arco-írisPortuguese
- kurmi, k'uychiQuechua
- artgRomansh
- multitudine, policrom, multicolor, curcubeu, spectru, varietateRomanian
- радугаRussian
- arvedávgi, bajándávgiNorthern Sami
- ду́га, dúgaSerbo-Croatian
- දේදුන්නක්Sinhala, Sinhalese
- dúhaSlovak
- mavricaSlovene
- nuanuaSamoan
- qaanso, jeegaan, caasha carab dheerSomali
- ylberAlbanian
- regnbågeSwedish
- upinde wa mvuaSwahili
- வானவில்Tamil
- హరివిల్లుTelugu
- тирукамонTajik
- สายรุ้ง, รุ้งกินน้ำ, สีรุ้ง, รุ้งThai
- älemgoşarTurkmen
- bahag-hariTagalog
- gökkuşağı, peygamber kuşağı, ebem kuşağı, gTurkish
- anuanuaTahitian
- райдуга, веселкаUkrainian
- دھنک, دھنش, قوس قزحUrdu
- kamalak, yoyUzbek
- cầu vồngVietnamese
- reinabobVolapük
- רעגנבויגן, רעגנ-בויגןYiddish
- 彩虹Chinese
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