raindrop

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a single drop of rain falling from a cloud or resting on a surface

   A large raindrop struck the window and slid down the glass.

From Middle English rein-drope and Old English regndropa, a compound of rain + drop. Cognate compounds occur across Germanic languages, preserving the direct image of one discrete drop of falling rain.

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