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How to say "rain" in French

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pluie
(n.) (fem.) (sing.) rain
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J' aime la pluie .
I like the rain.
Elle est sous la pluie .
She is under the rain.
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Camille's "Follow Me" from The Little Prince
De rire et que la pluie pleure elle aussi de joie
Laughing and that the rain also cries for joy
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Des perles de pluie
Pearls of rain
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Ça protège très bien du soleil et de la pluie .
It protects from the sun and the rain very well.
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déluge
(n.) (masc.) (sing.) deluge; torrential rain
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Il y a un déluge dans la salle de bain .
There's a deluge in the bathroom.
Nous voulons éviter un déluge .
We want to avoid a deluge.
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Pendant trois minutes , c' est un déluge de feu .
For three minutes, it's a deluge of gunfire.
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Pierre dit : C' est le déluge chez nous .
Pierre says: It's torrential at ours.
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donc c' était pendant le déluge .
so that was during the flood.
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pleuvoir
(v.) (Infinitive) to rain
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Il commence à pleuvoir .
It is starting to rain.
Ça n' arrête pas de pleuvoir .
It does not stop raining.
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Peppa Pig and the Blue Car
Quelle malchance ! Il commence à pleuvoir .
What misfortune! It's starting to rain.
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C'est-à-dire qu' il se met à pleuvoir beaucoup beaucoup .
Namely that it starts raining a lot a lot.
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et ensuite on fixe finalement un autre bar et il se met à pleuvoir ,
and then we finally arrange another bar and it starts raining,
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averses
(n.) (fem.) (pl.) [rain] showers
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On a eu des averses toute la semaine .
We've had rain showers all week.
On a annoncé des averses dans l' après-midi .
They announced showers in the afternoon.
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Du soleil et des averses
Sunshine and showers
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pleuvoir...des...cordes
(expression) (informal) (Infinitive) to rain cats and dogs
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Il n' a pas arrêté de pleuvoir des cordes aujourd'hui .
It hasn't stopped raining cats and dogs today.
Nous allons en Angleterre , il va sûrement pleuvoir des cordes .
We're going to England, it's surely going to rain cats and dogs.
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il se met à pleuvoir des cordes .
it starts raining cats and dogs.
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