Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rainfast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rain-fast
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That is not washed off by the rain

Etymology

From rain + fast (“fixed firmly”, adjective, as in fast asleep).

Inflected Forms

more rainfast (comparative) most rainfast (superlative) rain-fast (alternative)

Questions

What does rainfast mean?
That is not washed off by the rain
Where does rainfast come from?
From rain + fast (“fixed firmly”, adjective, as in fast asleep).

How to pronounce rainfast

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