English
Etymology
From rain + stick.
Pronunciation
- enPR: rānstĭk, IPA(key): /ˈreɪnstɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Noun
rainstick (plural rainsticks)
- A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.
Translations
rainstick
- Bulgarian: рейнстик m (rejnstik)
- Catalan: pal de pluja m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雨聲器 / 雨声器 (yǔshēngqì)
- Czech: dešťová hůl f
- French: bâton de pluie (fr) m
- German: Regenmacher (de) m
- Greek: ξύλο της βροχής n (xýlo tis vrochís)
- Hungarian: esőbot
- Italian: bastone della pioggia m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: regnstav m
- Nynorsk: regnstav m
- Portuguese: pau de chuva m
- Russian: рейнстик (ru) m (rejnstik)
- Spanish: palo de lluvia m
- Swedish: regnpinne c
- Ukrainian: дощовиця f (doščovycja)
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