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Complete Definition of "rainbow"

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English
Image:WhereRainbowRises.jpg|thumb|right|180px|A rainbow (1)

Etymology
From Old English regnboga|reġnboga, from Old High German reganbogo, from OHG regan, rain, + biogo, bow.

Pronunciation
rān'bō, /ˈreɪnbəʊ/, /"reInb@U/

Noun
rainbow (plural: rainbows)

  1. Multicoloured arch in the sky produced by refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
  2. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
  3. An assortment; a varied multitude. Used with of.

#:* a rainbow of possibilities

  1. baseball A curveball, particularly a slow curveball
  2. context|poker slang In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits

Translations

Albanian: ylber m
Amharic: ቀስተ፡ደመና (k'ästä dämäna)
Amuzgo: kítzú jn'â
Arabic: ARchar|قوس قزح (qaws quzah)
Armenian: Õ®Õ«Õ¡Õ®Õ¡Õ¶ (ciacan)
Aymara: kurumi
Basque: ostadar, ortzadar
Bosnian: duga f
Breton: kanevedenn f, gwareg-ar-glav f
Bulgarian: дъга f
Catalan: arc de sant martí m, arc d'iris m
Chichewa: utawaleza
Chinese: 隮 (jī); 彩虹 (cǎi hóng)
Croatian: duga f
Czech: duha f
Danish: regnbue
Dutch: regenboog m
Esperanto: ĉielarko
Finnish: sateenkaari
French: arc-en-ciel m
Frisian: reinbôge
Galician: arco da vella m
German: Regenbogen m
Gikuyu: műkűnga-mbura
Greek: ουράνιο τόξο n (uránio tóxo)
Hausa: bàkan gizò m
Hawaiian: ānuenue
Hebrew: קשת בענן m (keshet be'anan)
Hungarian: szivárvány
Icelandic: regnbogi m, friðarbogi m
Ido: ciel-arko
Indonesian: pelangi, bianglala
Interlingua: iris, iride
Italian: arcobaleno m, iride f
Japanese: 虹 (にじ, niji)
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Korean: 무지개 (mujigae)
Kurdish: t|ku|keskesor f, t|ku|keskûala f, t|ku|qozeqer f, t|ku|bûka baranê f
Latin: arcus m
Malay: pelangi, benang raja
Maltese: qawsalla f
Manx: goal twoaie m, Bhow Ghoree m (poetic)
Maori: kahukura, aaheahea, paahoka, uenuku, kairangi, rore, taawhanawhana
Mongolian: солонго (solongo)
Nahuatl: cozamalotl
Nepali: इन्द्रेनी (indreni)
Northern Sami: arvedávgi, bajándávgi
Norwegian: regnbue
Old English: regnboga|reġnboga
Persian: FAchar|رنگین کمان
Polish: tęcza f
Portuguese: arco-íris m
Quechua: kurmi
Romanian: curcubeu m
Russian: радуга (raduga) f
Serbian:

Skolt Sami: teärmmazjohss
Slovene: mavrica f
Somali: qaanso, jeegaan, caasha carab dheer
Spanish: arco iris m
Swedish: regnbåge
Tahitian: anuanua
Tagalog: bahag-hari
Tamil: வானவில் (vānavil)
Turkish: gökkuşağı, ebem kuşağı,peygamber kuşağı
Volapük: reinabob
Welsh: enfys, bwa'r Drindod, bwa'r arch
Yiddish: (regn-boygn) m
Yucatec: cheel

Synonyms
spectrum (2)

References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Adjective
rainbow (no compar or superl)

  1. Having, or shining with, the colors of the rainbow: iridescent.
  2. Multicoloured.
  3. Special, enigmatic.
  4. poker Having multiple suits

Translations

Bulgarian: многоцветен m, пъстроцветен m
Dutch: regenboogkleurig, iriserend
French: iridescent m, iridescente f
German: irisierend (iridescent), schillernd or regenbogenlich (having the colors of the rainbow), bunt (multicolor)
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Interlingua: iridescente
Polish: tęczowy m, tęczowa f, tęczowe n,pl
Portuguese: iridescente m & f
Spanish: irisado m, irisada f, iridiscente m & f
Turkish: gökkuşağı,ebem kuşağı,peygamber kuşağı

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