🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

मुूसलाधार बारिश

Native Script:मूसलाधार बारिश

Pronunciation / Transliteration: moosalaadhaar baarish

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Torrential downpour/təˈrenʃəl ˈdaʊn.pɔːr/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"मूसलाधार बारिश के कारण सड़कें पानी से भर गईं।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A very heavy and sudden fall of rain.

    "The afternoon picnic was abruptly cancelled due to a sudden torrential downpour."
  2. 2

    An overwhelming deluge of water coming from the sky in a short span of time.

    "Vehicles struggled to navigate the flooded streets amidst the relentless torrential downpour."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'torrential', deriving from the Latin 'torrens' meaning roaring or boiling stream, and 'downpour', an old Germanic-rooted compound combining 'down' and 'pour'. First appearing in contemporary meteorological usage in the late 19th century, it describes exceptionally heavy and rapid rainfall.

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