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Definition: Rainproof |
RainproofAdjective1. Not permitting the passage of water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rainproof" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references) |
Synonyms: RainproofSynonyms: waterproof (adj), waterproofed (adj). (additional references) |
| "Rainproof" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Rainproof" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rainproof | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rainproof"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i papërshkueshëm nga shiu (rain-tight), i palagëshëm. (various references) | |
Arabic | وقى من المطر, غير نافذ للمطر, صامد ضد المطر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | непромокаем (damp proof, impermeable, impervious, rain-tight, stanch, staunch, tight, waterproof, watertight), за дъжд (rain, rain-tight). (various references) | |
Czech | vodotìsný (waterproof, watertight), nepromokavý (impermeable, rain-proof, waterproof, weatherproof), chránící proti dešti. (various references) | |
Farsi | عایق باران , ضدباران کردن . (various references) | |
French | imperméable (raincoat), imperméabiliser. (various references) | |
German | wasserdicht (impervious, submersible, waterproof, watertight, watertightly). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אטים ל'שם. (various references) | |
Italian | impermeabilizzare (impermeabilize, proof, waterproof), impermeabile (impermeable, impervious, Mackintosh, raincoat, slicker, tight, waterproof), idrorepellente (showerproof, water-repellent). (various references) | |
Manx | jeen noi fliaghey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ainproofray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | impermeável (burberry, damp proof, impenetrable, impermeable, impermissible, impersonal, impervious, mackerel, macrame, raincoat, raintight, repellent, slicker, tight, unsavory, unsavoury, waterproof), prova de chuva. (various references) | |
Romanian | impermeabil (damp proof, impermeable, impervious, imperviously, Mackintosh, raincoat, repellent, tight, water proof, waterproof). (various references) | |
Russian | непромокаемый (impenetrable, impermeable, waterproof). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | otporan na kišu (rain-tight). (various references) | |
Spanish | impermeable (impermeable, impermeable to water, impervious, impervious to water, Mac, Mackintosh, raincoat, raintight, showerproof, slicker, tight, vatertight, waterproof, watertight). (various references) | |
Swedish | vattentät (damp proof, impermeable to water, impervious to water, rain-tight, waterproof, watertight). (various references) | |
Thai | ทำให้กันฝนไ"้, ที่กันฝนไ"้. (various references) | |
Turkish | yağmurluk (anorak, Macintosh, Mackintosh, raincoat, slicker, trench coat, waterproof), yağmur geçirmez. (various references) | |
Ukranian | водонепроникливий (rain-tight), непромокальний (rain-tight, waterproof). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | không thấm nước mưa (raintight), áo mưa (raincoat, raintight, rainwear). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-n-o-o-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: airproof. | |
-4 letters: apron, friar, infra, noria, orpin, piano, poori, porno, prion, prior, proof. | |
-5 letters: airn, fain, fair, fano, faro, fiar, fino, firn, foin, fora, frap, info, inro, iron, naif, naoi, nipa, noir, nori, orra, pain, pair, parr, pian, pina, pion, pirn, poof, poon, poor, porn, prao, proa, prof, rain, rani, roan, roar, roof. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-n-o-o-p-r-r" | |
+2 letters: airproofing, perforation. | |
+3 letters: perforations, preformation, proofreading. | |
+4 letters: preformations, proliferation, waterproofing. | |
+5 letters: proliferations, waterproofings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 69 6E 70 72 6F 6F 66 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- .. -. .--. .-. --- --- ..-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110000 01110010 01101111 01101111 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a i n p r o o f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0069 006E 0070 0072 006F 006F 0066 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)526775808284818172 |
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