Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rainier

/ɹeɪnˈɪɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: rainier
IPA: /ɹeɪnˈɪɹ/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of rainy: more rainy

name

A surname from French.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Thurston County, Washington, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A hybrid cherry cultivar, sweet with a thin skin and thick creamy-yellow flesh.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Rainier

Usage

Inflected Forms

Rainiers (plural)

Phrases

Mount Rainier

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce rainier?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹeɪnˈɪɹ/.
What does rainier mean?: comparative form of rainy: more rainy
Where does rainier come from?: It is traced to French.

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