Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raindroplet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rain-droplet
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single droplet of rainwater.

Example Sentences

"The ground rose very slightly. She pressed on and then she ran straight into them. Not one, not two, not ten, but dozens of wood anemones, their green leaves perfect, their white and purple flowers half open and bespattered with shining raindroplets."
"Her hair was webbed by thousands of tiny raindroplets, which sparkled dully in the electric light."
"She speaks with her hands, and raindroplets bead on her brow."

Etymology

Blend of raindrop + droplet (in view of the fact that raindrop is attested since Old English). By surface analysis, raindrop + -let or rain + droplet.

Inflected Forms

raindroplets (plural)

Questions

What does raindroplet mean?: A single droplet of rainwater.
Where does raindroplet come from?: Blend of raindrop + droplet (in view of the fact that raindrop is attested since Old English). By surface analysis, raindrop + -let or rain + droplet.

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